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Exodus 23:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:


Exodus 23:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 23:213 words
לֹאlōʾNot
תִהְיֶהtihəyehExist
אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part
רַבִּיםrabîmAbundant
לְרָעֹתlərāʿōtTo bad
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תַעֲנֶהtaʿănehEye
עַלʿalAbove
רִבrivContest
לִנְטֹתlinəṭōtTo stretch
אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part
רַבִּיםrabîmAbundant
לְהַטֹּתləhaṭōtTo stretch
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

לֹאlōʾNot
תִהְיֶהtihəyehExist
אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part
רַבִּיםrabîmAbundant
לְרָעֹתlərāʿōtTo bad
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תַעֲנֶהtaʿănehEye
עַלʿalAbove
רִבrivContest
לִנְטֹתlinəṭōtTo stretch
אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part
רַבִּיםrabîmAbundant
לְהַטֹּתləhaṭōtTo stretch

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