Deuteronomy 22:2

“And if your brother is not near you, or you do not know him, then you shall gather it into your house, and it shall be with you until your brother seeks it, and you shall return it to him.”

Deuteronomy 22:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 22:2, word by word

your brotherאָחִיachi

brother

A son of the same father or the same mother.

Where else “achi” appears
nearקָרוֹבkarov

near

Close by, or having access to YHWH.

Where else “karov” appears
know himיְדַעְתּyedat

know a person

To know someone.

Where else “yedat” appears
then you shall gather itאֲסַפְתּasaft

gather

To bring together what was scattered, like the harvest.

Where else “asaft” appears
intoתּוֹךְtoch

inside

The inside of a place or an enclosed space.

Where else “toch” appears
your houseבֵּיתֶbete

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

Where else “bete” appears
and it shall beהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “haya” appears
seeksדְּרֹשׁderosh

seek

To pursue something earnestly, or care for it.

Where else “derosh” appears
and you shall return itהֲשֵׁבֹתhashevot

bring back

To return something, restore.

Where else “hashevot” appears

The context

1You shall not see your brother’s ox or his lamb straying and ignore them; you shall surely bring them back to your brother.

2 · This verse (above)

3And so you shall do with his donkey, and so you shall do with his garment, and so you shall do with any lost thing of your brother that is lost by him and you find; you may not ignore it.

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