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And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: (KJV)
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וְכִֽי\־ve.khi-and if
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Exodus 21:18 word 1
יְרִיבֻ֣ןye.ri.Vunthey will quarrel !
Lemma: רִיב (riv) · Strong's: H7378
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to contend
Used 64 times. Also: Genesis 26:20, Genesis 26:21, Genesis 26:22, Genesis 31:36, Exodus 17:2, Numbers 20:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7378; TAHOT Exodus 21:18 word 2
אֲנָשִׁ֔ים'a.na.Shimmen
Lemma: אֱנוֹשׁ (e.nosh) · Strong's: H0582
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: human
Used 564 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 12:20, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 14:24, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0582; TAHOT Exodus 21:18 word 3
וְהִכָּה\־ve.hi.kah-and he will strike
Lemma: נָכָה (na.khah) · Strong's: H5221
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhq3ms)
Meaning: to smite
Used 499 times. Also: Genesis 4:15, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:7, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 14:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5221; TAHOT Exodus 21:18 word 4
אִישׁ֙'ishanyone
Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: man: anyone
Used 546 times. Also: Genesis 9:5, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 13:11, Genesis 13:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0376I; TAHOT Exodus 21:18 word 5
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Exodus 21:18 word 6
רֵעֵ֔הוּre.'E.huneighbor his
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 21:18 word 7
בְּאֶ֖בֶןbe.'E.venwith a stone
Lemma: אֶ֫בֶן (e.ven) · Strong's: H0068G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: stone
Used 259 times. Also: Genesis 2:12, Genesis 11:3, Genesis 28:11, Genesis 28:18, Genesis 28:22, Genesis 29:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0068G; TAHOT Exodus 21:18 word 8
א֣וֹ'oor
Lemma: אוֹ (o) · Strong's: H0176A
Parsing: Conjunction (HC)
Meaning: or
Used 320 times. Also: Genesis 24:49, Genesis 24:50, Genesis 24:55, Genesis 31:43, Genesis 44:8, Genesis 44:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0176A; TAHOT Exodus 21:18 word 9
בְאֶגְרֹ֑ףve.'eg.Rofwith a fist
Lemma: אֶגְרֹף (eg.roph) · Strong's: H0106
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: fist
Used 2 times. Also: Isaiah 58:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0106; TAHOT Exodus 21:18 word 10
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and 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 21:18 word 11
יָמ֖וּתya.Muthe will die
Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to die
Used 837 times. Also: Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4191; TAHOT Exodus 21:18 word 12
וְנָפַ֥לve.na.Faland he will fall
Lemma: נָפַל (na.phal) · Strong's: H5307G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqq3ms)
Meaning: to fall: fall
Used 275 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 14:10, Genesis 15:12, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5307G; TAHOT Exodus 21:18 word 13
לְמִשְׁכָּֽב\׃le.mish.Kavto a bed
Lemma: מִשְׁכָּב (mish.kav) · Strong's: H4904
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: bed
Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 49:4, Exodus 8:3, Leviticus 15:4, Leviticus 15:5, Leviticus 15:21, Leviticus 15:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4904; TAHOT Exodus 21:18 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| If | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| men | → | אֱנוֹשׁ H0582 human |
| are quarreling | → | רִיב H7378 to contend |
| and one | → | אִישׁ H0376I man: anyone |
| strikes | → | נָכָה H5221 to smite |
| the other | → | רֵעַ H7453 neighbor |
| with a stone | → | אֶ֫בֶן H0068G stone |
| or | → | אוֹ H0176A or |
| a fist | → | אֶגְרֹף H0106 fist |
| and he does not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| die | → | מוּת H4191 to die |
| but is confined | → | נָפַל H5307G to fall: fall |
| to bed | → | מִשְׁכָּב H4904 bed |
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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