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Whenוְכִיmenאֲנָשִׁיםquarrelיְרִיבֻןand a manוְ אִישׁstrikesהִכָּהhis neighborאֶת רֵעֵהוּwith a stoneבְּאֶבֶןorאוֹwith his fist,בְאֶגְרֹףand he does not dieוְלֹא יָמוּתbut is confinedוְנָפַלto bed,לְמִשְׁכָּב
Exodus 21:18
Study it in the app“When 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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 21:18, word by word
- menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- quarrelיְרִיבֻyerivu
quarrel
To fight with words.
Where else “yerivu” appears- strikesהִכָּהhika
strike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “hika” appears- his neighborרֵעֵree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears- with a stoneאֶבֶןeven
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “even” appears- with his fistאֶגְרֹףegrof
fist
Fist.
Where else “egrof” appears- and he does not dieיָמוּתyamut
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamut” appears- but is confinedנָפַלnafal
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “nafal” appears- to bedמִשְׁכָּבmishkav
bed
The place in the house for sleeping and resting.
Where else “mishkav” appears
The context
17Whoever curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
18 · This verse (above)
19if he gets up and walks around outside on his staff, the one who struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for his lost time and have him thoroughly healed.