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and they shall answerוְעָנוּand say,וְאָמְרוּ“Our handsיָדֵינוּdid notלֹאshedשָׁפְכוּthisהַזֶּהblood,אֶת הַדָּםand our eyesוְעֵינֵינוּdid notלֹאsee it.רָאוּ
Deuteronomy 21:7
Study it in the app“and they shall answer and say, “Our hands did not shed this blood, and our eyes did not see it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 21:7, word by word
- and they shall answerעָנוּanu
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “anu” appears- and sayאָמְרוּamru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amru” appears- “Our handsיָדֵיyade
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appears- shedשָׁפְכוּshafchu
spill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “shafchu” appears- bloodדָּםdam
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appears- and our eyesעֵינֵיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- see itרָאוּrau
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “rau” appears
The context
6And all the elders of that city who are nearest to the slain one shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the stream,
7 · This verse (above)
8Make expiation for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, YHWH, and do not put innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel.” And the blood shall be expiated for them.