Exodus 21:17 in Hebrew and English, word by word

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Whoever cursesוּמְקַלֵּלhis fatherאָבִיוor his motherוְאִמּוֹshall surely be put to death.מוֹת יוּמָת

Quotation · Matthew 15:4

Second quotation in the verse: the death penalty for whoever curses his father or his mother.

Formula: ὁ γὰρ θεὸς εἶπεν “for God said” (Matthew 15:4)

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Greek of the New Testament: ὁ γὰρ θεὸς εἶπεν Τίμα τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα καί Ὁ κακολογῶν πατέρα ἢ μητέρα θανάτῳ τελευτάτω

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וּמְקַלֵּל אָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ מוֹת יוּמָת

Septuagint (Exodus 21:16-17 in the Septuagint numbering): Ὁ κακολογῶν πατέρα αὐτοῦ ἢ μητέρα αὐτοῦ τελευτήσει θανάτῳ. Ὃς ἐὰν κλέψῃ τίς τινα τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ καὶ καταδυναστεύσας αὐτὸν ἀποδῶται, καὶ εὑρεθῇ ἐν αὐτῷ, θανάτῳ τελευτάτω.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 3 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Quotation · Mark 7:10

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Second quotation in the verse: the death penalty for whoever curses his father or his mother.

Formula: Μωϋσῆς γὰρ εἶπεν “for Moses said” (Mark 7:10)

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Greek of the New Testament: Μωϋσῆς γὰρ εἶπεν Τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου καί Ὁ κακολογῶν πατέρα ἢ μητέρα θανάτῳ τελευτάτω

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וּמְקַלֵּל אָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ מוֹת יוּמָת

Septuagint (Exodus 21:16-17 in the Septuagint numbering): Ὁ κακολογῶν πατέρα αὐτοῦ ἢ μητέρα αὐτοῦ τελευτήσει θανάτῳ. Ὃς ἐὰν κλέψῃ τίς τινα τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ καὶ καταδυναστεύσας αὐτὸν ἀποδῶται, καὶ εὑρεθῇ ἐν αὐτῷ, θανάτῳ τελευτάτω.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 3 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Exodus 21:17, word by word

Whoever cursesמְקַלֵּלmekalel

curse

To speak words against someone that wish him harm.

Where else “mekalel” 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

Parallel passages

Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.

Quotation · Matthew 15:4

Second quotation in the verse: the death penalty for whoever curses his father or his mother.

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Exodus 21:17

¹⁷Whoever curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

Matthew 15:4

⁴For God said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.’

Quotation · Mark 7:10

Second quotation in the verse: the death penalty for whoever curses his father or his mother.

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Exodus 21:17

¹⁷Whoever curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

Mark 7:10

¹⁰For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.’

The context

16Whoever steals a man, whether he sells him or he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.

17 · This verse (above)

18When men quarrel and a man strikes his neighbor with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,

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Quotation · Matthew 15:4

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