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Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. (KJV)

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מְכַשֵּׁפָ֖הme.kha.she.Faha sorceress

Lemma: כָּשַׁף (ka.shaph) · Strong's: H3784

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVprfsa)

Meaning: to practice sorcery

Used 6 times. Also: Exodus 7:11, Deuteronomy 18:10, 2 Chronicles 33:6, Daniel 2:2, Malachi 3:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3784; TAHOT Exodus 22:18 word 1

לֹ֥אlo'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 22:18 word 2

תְחַיֶּֽה\׃\ \סte.chai.Yehyou will let live

Lemma: חָיָה (cha.yah) · Strong's: H2421

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpi2ms)

Meaning: to live

Used 279 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2421; TAHOT Exodus 22:18 word 3

How the BSB renders it

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

You must not	→	לֹא H3808 not
allow a sorceress	→	כָּשַׁף H3784 to practice sorcery
to live	→	חָיָה H2421 to live

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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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