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You shall notלֹאpervertתַטֶּהthe justice dueמִשְׁפַּטthe resident alienגֵּרor the orphan,יָתוֹםandוְyou shall notלֹאtake in pledgeתַחֲבֹלthe garmentבֶּגֶדof a widow.אַלְמָנָה
Deuteronomy 24:17
Study it in the app“You shall not pervert the justice due the resident alien or the orphan, and you shall not take in pledge the garment of a widow.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 24:17, word by word
- pervertתַטֶּהtate
turn aside
To leave the straight way, or bend it on purpose.
Where else “tate” appears- the justice dueמִשְׁפַּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears- the resident alienגֵּרger
resident alien
Foreigner who lives in a land that is not his own, without the rights of those who belong to the place.
Where else “ger” appears- or the orphanיָתוֹםyatom
fatherless
Orphan; above all one who has lost his father.
Where else “yatom” appears- take in pledgeתַחֲבֹלtachavol
take in pledge
To hold something until a debt is paid.
Where else “tachavol” appears- the garmentבֶּגֶדbeged
garment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “beged” appears- of a widowאַלְמָנָהalmana
widow
Widow.
Where else “almana” appears
The context
16Fathers shall not be put to death for sons, and sons shall not be put to death for fathers; each shall be put to death for his own sin.
17 · This verse (above)
18And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and YHWH your Elohim redeemed you from there; that is why I am commanding you to do this thing.