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Exodus 23:5 — King James Version← Study notes

If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.


Exodus 23:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 23:513 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
תִרְאֶהtirəʾehSee
חֲמוֹרḥămwōrAss
שֹׂנַאֲךָśōnaʾăḵāHate
רֹבֵץrōvēṣCrouch
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
מַשָּׂאוֹmaśāʾwōBurden
וְחָדַלְתָּwəḥādalətāAnd be flabby
מֵעֲזֹבmēʿăzōvFrom loosen
לוֹlwōTo
עָזֹבʿāzōvLoosen
תַּעֲזֹבtaʿăzōvLoosen
עִמּוֹʿimwōWith
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
תִרְאֶהtirəʾehSee
חֲמוֹרḥămwōrAss
שֹׂנַאֲךָśōnaʾăḵāHate
רֹבֵץrōvēṣCrouch
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
מַשָּׂאוֹmaśāʾwōBurden
וְחָדַלְתָּwəḥādalətāAnd be flabby
מֵעֲזֹבmēʿăzōvFrom loosen
לוֹlwōTo
עָזֹבʿāzōvLoosen
תַּעֲזֹבtaʿăzōvLoosen
עִמּוֹʿimwōWith

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