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You shall notלֹאhaveיִהְיֶהin your bagבְּכִיסְךָa weightלְךָ אֶבֶןand a weight,וָאָבֶןa largeגְּדוֹלָהand a small.וּקְטַנָּה
Deuteronomy 25:13
Study it in the app“You shall not have in your bag a weight and a weight, a large and a small.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 25:13, word by word
- haveיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- in your bagכִיסְchis
bag, purse
A bag in which weights or money were carried; also a cup.
Where else “chis” appears- a weightאֶבֶןeven
weight
A piece of stone of fixed weight used to weigh on the scales.
Where else “even” appears- a largeגְּדוֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- and a smallקְטַנָּהketana
small
What is small in size or counts for little.
Where else “ketana” appears
Translation note
To have “a weight and a weight” or “an ephah and an ephah” is to use one for buying and another for selling, to cheat.
The context
12then you shall cut off her hand; your eye shall not pity her.
13 · This verse (above)
14You shall not have in your house an ephah and an ephah, a large and a small.