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Exodus 23:4 — King James Version← Study notes

If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.


Exodus 23:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 23:410 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
תִפְגַּעtip̄əgaʿImpinge
שׁוֹרšwōrBullock
אֹיִבְךָʾōyivəḵāHating
אוֹʾwōDesire
חֲמֹרוֹḥămōrwōAss
תֹּעֶהtōʿehVacillate
הָשֵׁבhāšēvTurn
תְּשִׁיבֶנּוּtəšîvenûTurn
לוֹlwōTo
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
תִפְגַּעtip̄əgaʿImpinge
שׁוֹרšwōrBullock
אֹיִבְךָʾōyivəḵāHating
אוֹʾwōDesire
חֲמֹרוֹḥămōrwōAss
תֹּעֶהtōʿehVacillate
הָשֵׁבhāšēvTurn
תְּשִׁיבֶנּוּtəšîvenûTurn
לוֹlwōTo

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