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Ifכִּיsomeone slainחָלָלis foundיִמָּצֵאon the groundבָּאֲדָמָהthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָis givingנֹתֵןyouלְךָto possessלְרִשְׁתָּit,הּlyingנֹפֵלin the field,בַּשָּׂדֶהand it is notלֹאknownנוֹדַעwhoמִיstruck him,הִכָּהוּ
Deuteronomy 21:1
Study it in the app“If someone slain is found on the ground that YHWH your Elohim is giving you to possess it, lying in the field, and it is not known who struck him,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 21:1, word by word
- someone slainחָלָלchalal
slain
Someone killed or wounded in war.
Where else “chalal” appears- is foundיִמָּצֵאyimatse
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “yimatse” appears- on the groundאֲדָמָהadama
land
A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.
Where else “adama” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- is givingנֹתֵןnoten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “noten” appears- to possessרִשְׁתָּrishta
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “rishta” appears- lyingנֹפֵלnofel
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “nofel” appears- in the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears- knownנוֹדַעnoda
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “noda” appears- struck himהִכָּהhika
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “hika” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure to the cities that are around the slain one.