Ifכִּיa manאִישׁis foundיִמָּצֵאstealingגֹּנֵבa personנֶפֶשׁfrom his brothers,מֵאֶחָיוfrom the sonsמִבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand he treats him as a slaveוְהִתְעַמֶּר בּוֹand sells him,וּמְכָרוֹthenוּthatהַהוּאthiefהַגַּנָּבshall die.מֵתSo you shall removeוּבִעַרְתָּthe evilהָרָעfrom your midst.מִקִּרְבֶּךָ
Deuteronomy 24:7
Study it in the app“If a man is found stealing a person from his brothers, from the sons of Israel, and he treats him as a slave and sells him, then that thief shall die. So you shall remove the evil from your midst.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 24:7, word by word
- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- is foundיִמָּצֵאyimatse
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “yimatse” appears- stealingגֹּנֵבgonev
steal
To steal something, or kidnap someone.
Where else “gonev” appears- a personנֶפֶשׁnefesh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appears- from his brothersאֶחָיechay
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appears- from the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- and he treats him as a slaveהִתְעַמֶּרhitamer
treat as slave
To use a person as property.
Where else “hitamer” appears- and sells himמְכָרmechar
sell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “mechar” appears- thiefגַּנָּבganav
thief
Thief.
Where else “ganav” appears- shall dieמֵתmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears- So you shall removeבִעַרְתָּviarta
sweep away
To wipe out completely: "purge the evil".
Where else “viarta” appears- the evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- from your midstקִּרְבֶּkirbe
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirbe” appears
The context
6No one shall take in pledge a handmill or an upper millstone, for he would be taking in pledge a life.
7 · This verse (above)
8Be on your guard in a plague of leprosy, taking great care to do according to all that the Levitical priests instruct you; as I commanded them, you shall take care to do.