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You shall notלֹאhand overתַסְגִּירto his masterאֶל אֲדֹנָיוa slaveעֶבֶדwhoאֲשֶׁרhas escapedיִנָּצֵלto youאֵלֶיךָfromמֵעִםhis master.אֲדֹנָיו
Deuteronomy 23:15
Study it in the app“You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has escaped to you from his master.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 23:15, word by word
- hand overתַסְגִּירtasgir
hand over
To leave a person or a people in the power of an enemy.
Where else “tasgir” appears- to his masterאֲדֹנָיadonay
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adonay” appears- a slaveעֶבֶדeved
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “eved” appears- has escapedיִנָּצֵלyinatsel
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “yinatsel” appears
The context
14For YHWH your Elohim walks in the midst of your camp to deliver you and to give your enemies before you; so your camp shall be holy, so that he may not see among you the nakedness of anything and turn away from you.
15 · This verse (above)
16With you he shall live, in your midst, in the place that he chooses in one of your gates, where it is good for him; you shall not mistreat him.