Exodus 20:16 Go deeper

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. (KJV)

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לֹֽא\־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 Exodus 20:16 word 1

תַעֲנֶ֥הta.'a.Nehyou must testify

Lemma: עָנָה (a.nah) · Strong's: H6030B

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)

Meaning: to answer

Used 314 times. Also: Genesis 18:27, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:14, Genesis 24:50, Genesis 27:37 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6030B; TAHOT Exodus 20:16 word 2

בְרֵעֲךָ֖ve.re.'a.Khaagainst neighbor your

Lemma: רֵעַ (re.a) · Strong's: H7453

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: neighbor

Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 15:10, Genesis 31:49, Genesis 38:12, Genesis 38:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7453; TAHOT Exodus 20:16 word 3

עֵ֥ד'edtestimony of

Lemma: עֵד (ed) · Strong's: H5707

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: witness

Used 70 times. Also: Genesis 31:44, Genesis 31:48, Genesis 31:50, Genesis 31:52, Exodus 22:13, Exodus 23:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5707; TAHOT Exodus 20:16 word 4

שָֽׁקֶר\׃\ \סSha.kerfalsehood

Lemma: שֶׁ֫קֶר (she.qer) · Strong's: H8267

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: deception

Used 113 times. Also: Exodus 5:9, Exodus 23:7, Leviticus 6:3, Leviticus 6:5, Leviticus 19:12, Deuteronomy 19:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8267; TAHOT Exodus 20:16 word 5

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

You shall not	→	לֹא H3808 not
bear	→	עָנָה H6030B to answer
false	→	שֶׁ֫קֶר H8267 deception
witness	→	עֵד H5707 witness
against your neighbor	→	רֵעַ H7453 neighbor

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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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