Numbers 35:31 Go deeper
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Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death. (KJV)
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וְלֹֽא\־ve.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 Numbers 35:31 word 1
תִקְח֥וּtik.Chuyou will take
Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqi2mp)
Meaning: to take: recieve
Used 77 times. Also: Genesis 4:11, Genesis 23:13, Genesis 33:10, Genesis 33:11, Exodus 22:11, Exodus 25:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3947H; TAHOT Numbers 35:31 word 2
כֹ֙פֶר֙kho.fera ransom
Lemma: כֹּפֶר (ko.pher) · Strong's: H3724A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: ransom
Used 13 times. Also: Exodus 21:30, Exodus 30:12, Numbers 35:32, 1 Samuel 12:3, Job 33:24, Job 36:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3724A; TAHOT Numbers 35:31 word 3
לְנֶ֣פֶשׁle.Ne.feshfor [the] life of
Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: soul: life
Used 206 times. Also: Genesis 1:30, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5315H; TAHOT Numbers 35:31 word 4
רֹצֵ֔חַro.Tze.acha killer
Lemma: רָצַח (ra.tsach) · Strong's: H7523
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to murder
Used 47 times. Also: Exodus 20:13, Numbers 35:6, Numbers 35:11, Numbers 35:12, Numbers 35:16, Numbers 35:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7523; TAHOT Numbers 35:31 word 5
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-who
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Numbers 35:31 word 6
ה֥וּאhu'he
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Numbers 35:31 word 7
רָשָׁ֖עra.Sha'[is] guilty
Lemma: רָשָׁע (ra.sah) · Strong's: H7563
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: wicked
Used 262 times. Also: Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 2:13, Exodus 9:27, Exodus 23:1, Exodus 23:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7563; TAHOT Numbers 35:31 word 8
לָמ֑וּתla.Mutto die
Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
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 Numbers 35:31 word 9
כִּי\־ki-for
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 Numbers 35:31 word 10
מ֖וֹתMotcertainly <to die>
Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVqaa)
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 Numbers 35:31 word 11
יוּמָֽת\׃yu.Mathe will be put to death
Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191
Parsing: Verb · Hophal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVHi3ms)
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 Numbers 35:31 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You are not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| to accept | → | לָקַח H3947H to take: recieve |
| a ransom | → | כֹּפֶר H3724A ransom |
| for the life | → | נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315H soul: life |
| of a murderer | → | רָצַח H7523 to murder |
| who | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| . . . | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| deserves | → | רָשָׁע H7563 wicked |
| to die | → | מוּת H4191 to die |
| . . . | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| he must surely be put to death | → | מוּת H4191 to die |
| . . . | → | מוּת H4191 to die |
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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