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Ifכִּיa violentחָמָסwitnessעֵדrises upיָקוּםagainst a manבְּאִישׁto testifyלַעֲנוֹתagainst himבּוֹof turning aside,סָרָה
Deuteronomy 19:16
Study it in the app“If a violent witness rises up against a man to testify against him of turning aside,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 19:16, word by word
- a violentחָמָסchamas
violence
Violence; unjust harm done to others.
Where else “chamas” appears- witnessעֵדed
witness
Someone who vouches for what he saw; YHWH is one too.
Where else “ed” appears- rises upיָקוּםyakum
rise against
To rise against someone to attack or confront him.
Where else “yakum” appears- against a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- to testifyעֲנוֹתanot
testify
To speak before a judge as a witness, for or against someone.
Where else “anot” appears- of turning asideסָרָהsara
rebellion
Moving away from God, rising up against him.
Where else “sara” appears
The context
15A single witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity or for any sin, in any sin that he commits; on the word of two witnesses or on the word of three witnesses a matter shall stand.
16 · This verse (above)
17then both the men who have the dispute shall stand before YHWH, before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days.