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Forty blowsאַרְבָּעִיםhe may strike him,יַכֶּנּוּnotלֹאmore,יֹסִיףlestפֶּןhe go onיֹסִיףto strike himלְהַכֹּתוֹwith manyרַבָּהblowsמַכָּהbeyondעַלthese,אֵלֶּהand your brotherוְ אָחִיךָbe degradedנִקְלָהin your eyes.לְעֵינֶיךָ
Deuteronomy 25:3
Study it in the app“Forty blows he may strike him, not more, lest he go on to strike him with many blows beyond these, and your brother be degraded in your eyes.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 25:3, word by word
- Forty blowsאַרְבָּעִיםarbaim
forty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appears- he may strike himיַכֶּyake
strike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “yake” appears- moreיֹסִיףyosif
add
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “yosif” appears- with manyרַבָּהraba
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “raba” appears- blowsמַכָּהmaka
wound
The harm a blow leaves: a wound or a sore on the body.
Where else “maka” appears- and your brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- be degradedנִקְלָהnikla
be dishonored
Be held lightly, be treated with contempt or dishonor.
Where else “nikla” appears- in your eyesעֵינֶיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears
Translation note
Paul says that five times he received “forty lashes less one” (2 Corinthians 11:24).
The context
2Then it shall be, if the wicked one deserves to be struck, that the judge shall make him lie down and have him struck before him according to his wickedness, by number.
3 · This verse (above)
4You shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing.