Exodus 23:6 Go deeper

Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. (KJV)

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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 23:6 word 1

תַטֶּ֛הta.Tehyou must turn aside

Lemma: נָטָה (na.tah) · Strong's: H5186

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhi2ms)

Meaning: to stretch

Used 212 times. Also: Genesis 12:8, Genesis 24:14, Genesis 26:25, Genesis 33:19, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 38:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5186; TAHOT Exodus 23:6 word 2

מִשְׁפַּ֥טmish.Pat[the] justice of

Lemma: מִשְׁפָּט (mish.pat) · Strong's: H4941H

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

Meaning: justice

Used 165 times. Also: Genesis 18:19, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 21:9, Numbers 27:5, Deuteronomy 10:18, Deuteronomy 16:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4941H; TAHOT Exodus 23:6 word 3

אֶבְיֹנְךָ֖'ev.yo.ne.Khaneedy [person] your

Lemma: אֶבְיוֹן (ev.yon) · Strong's: H0034

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HAamsc)

Meaning: needy

Used 61 times. Also: Exodus 23:11, Deuteronomy 15:4, Deuteronomy 15:7, Deuteronomy 15:9, Deuteronomy 15:11, Deuteronomy 24:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0034; TAHOT Exodus 23:6 word 4

בְּרִיבֽוֹ\׃be.ri.Voin case at law his

Lemma: רִיב (riv) · Strong's: H7379

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

Meaning: strife

Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 13:7, Exodus 17:7, Exodus 23:2, Exodus 23:3, Deuteronomy 1:12, Deuteronomy 17:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7379; TAHOT Exodus 23:6 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
deny	→	נָטָה H5186 to stretch
justice	→	מִשְׁפָּט H4941H justice
to the poor	→	אֶבְיוֹן H0034 needy
in their lawsuits	→	רִיב H7379 strife

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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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