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Exodus 23:7 — King James Version← Study notes

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.


Exodus 23:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 23:711 words
מִדְּבַרmidəvarFrom word
שֶׁקֶרšeqerUntruth
תִּרְחָקtirəḥāqWiden
וְנָקִיwənāqîAnd innocent
וְצַדִּיקwəṣadîqAnd just
אַלʾalNot
תַּהֲרֹגtahărōgSmite
כִּיRelative conjunction
לֹאlōʾNot
אַצְדִּיקʾaṣədîqBe
רָשָׁעrāšāʿWrong
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

מִדְּבַרmidəvarFrom word
שֶׁקֶרšeqerUntruth
תִּרְחָקtirəḥāqWiden
וְנָקִיwənāqîAnd innocent
וְצַדִּיקwəṣadîqAnd just
אַלʾalNot
תַּהֲרֹגtahărōgSmite
כִּיRelative conjunction
לֹאlōʾNot
אַצְדִּיקʾaṣədîqBe
רָשָׁעrāšāʿWrong

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