Whenוְכִיmenאֲנָשִׁיםfightיִנָּצוּand hurtוְנָגְפוּa pregnantהָרָהwomanאִשָּׁהso that her childrenוְ יְלָדֶיהָcome out,יָצְאוּbut there is noוְלֹא יִהְיֶהharm,אָסוֹןhe shall surely be finedעָנוֹשׁ יֵעָנֵשׁasכַּאֲשֶׁרthe woman'sהָאִשָּׁהhusbandבַּעַלimposesיָשִׁיתon him,עָלָיוand he shall payוְנָתַןas the judges decide.בִּפְלִלִים
Exodus 21:22
Study it in the app“When men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that her children come out, but there is no harm, he shall surely be fined as the woman's husband imposes on him, and he shall pay as the judges decide.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 21:22, word by word
- menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- fightיִנָּצוּyinatsu
fight
For two or more people to fight each other.
Where else “yinatsu” appears- and hurtנָגְפוּnagfu
strike
To punish with a blow; YHWH does it with a plague or by letting a battle be lost.
Where else “nagfu” appears- a pregnantהָרָהhara
pregnant
Pregnant, with child.
Where else “hara” appears- womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- so that her childrenיְלָדֶיyelade
son
A son or daughter of someone; his direct offspring.
Where else “yelade” appears- come outיָצְאוּyatsu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsu” appears- but there is noיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- harmאָסוֹןason
harm
Misfortune, serious harm.
Where else “ason” appears- he shall surely be finedעָנוֹשׁanosh
fine
Fine: punish by making someone pay an amount.
Where else “anosh” appears- husbandבַּעַלbaal
husband
The man joined to a woman in marriage.
Where else “baal” appears- imposesיָשִׁיתyashit
put
To station something somewhere; sow enmity.
Where else “yashit” appears- and he shall payנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- as the judges decideפְלִלִיםfelilim
judges
Judges, arbiters who decide a case.
Where else “felilim” appears
Translation note
“Her children come out”: the Hebrew does not say whether they are born alive or dead. Nor does it specify whether the “harm” (serious injury or death) is the mother’s or the child’s.
The context
21But if he survives a day or two days, he shall not be avenged, for he is his property.
22 · This verse (above)
23But if there is harm, you shall give life for life,