And ifוְאִםyour brotherאָחִיךָis notלֹאnearקָרוֹבyou,אֵלֶיךָorוְyou do notלֹאknow him,יְדַעְתּוֹthen you shall gather itוַאֲסַפְתּוֹintoאֶל תּוֹךְyour house,בֵּיתֶךָand it shall beוְהָיָהwith youעִמְּךָuntilעַדyour brotherאָחִיךָseeksדְּרֹשׁit,אֹתוֹand you shall return itוַהֲשֵׁבֹתוֹto him.לוֹ
Deuteronomy 22:2
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.