Deuteronomy 25:4 Go deeper
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Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn . (KJV)
Hebrew words tap a word
לֹא\־lo'-not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Deuteronomy 25:4 word 1
תַחְסֹ֥םtach.Somyou will muzzle
Lemma: חָסַם (cha.sam) · Strong's: H2629
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to muzzle
Used 2 times. Also: Ezekiel 39:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2629; TAHOT Deuteronomy 25:4 word 2
שׁ֖וֹרShoran ox
Lemma: שׁוֹר (shor) · Strong's: H7794
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: cattle
Used 79 times. Also: Genesis 32:5, Genesis 49:6, Exodus 20:17, Exodus 21:28, Exodus 21:29, Exodus 21:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7794; TAHOT Deuteronomy 25:4 word 3
בְּדִישֽׁוֹ\׃\ \סbe.di.Showhen threshes it
Lemma: דּוּשׁ (dush) · Strong's: H1758
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to tread
Used 16 times. Also: Judges 8:7, 2 Kings 13:7, 1 Chronicles 21:20, Job 39:15, Isaiah 25:10, Isaiah 28:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1758; TAHOT Deuteronomy 25:4 word 4
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Do not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| muzzle | → | חָסַם H2629 to muzzle |
| an ox | → | שׁוֹר H7794 cattle |
| while it is treading out the grain | → | דּוּשׁ H1758 to tread |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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