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Whoever strikesוּמַכֵּהhis fatherאָבִיוor his motherוְאִמּוֹshall surely be put to death.מוֹת יוּמָת
Exodus 21:15
Study it in the app“Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 21:15, word by word
- Whoever strikesמַכֵּהmake
strike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “make” appears- his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- or his motherאִמּim
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “im” appears- shall surely be put to deathמוֹתmot
be put to death
To lose one's life as punishment.
Where else “mot” appears
The context
14But if a man acts presumptuously against his neighbor to kill him by treachery, you shall take him from my altar to die.
15 · This verse (above)
16Whoever steals a man, whether he sells him or he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.