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So youוְאַתָּהshall removeתְּבַעֵרthe innocentהַנָּקִיbloodהַדָּםfrom among you,מִקִּרְבֶּךָforכִּיyou shall doתַעֲשֶׂהwhat is rightהַיָּשָׁרin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof YHWH.יְהוָה
Deuteronomy 21:9
Study it in the app“So you shall remove the innocent blood from among you, for you shall do what is right in the eyes of YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 21:9, word by word
- shall removeתְּבַעֵרtevaer
sweep away
To wipe out completely: "purge the evil".
Where else “tevaer” appears- the innocentנָּקִיnaki
innocent
Without guilt: blood of one who did no wrong.
Where else “naki” appears- bloodדָּםdam
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appears- from among youקִּרְבֶּkirbe
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirbe” appears- you shall doתַעֲשֶׂהtaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taase” appears- what is rightיָּשָׁרyashar
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yashar” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of 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
The context
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.
9 · This verse (above)
10When you go out to war against your enemies, and YHWH your Elohim gives them into your hand, and you take captives from them,