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But ifוְאִםthere isיִהְיֶהharm,אָסוֹןyou shall giveוְנָתַתָּהlifeנֶפֶשׁforתַּחַתlife,נָפֶשׁ
Exodus 21:23
Study it in the app“But if there is harm, you shall give life for life,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 21:23, word by word
- there isיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- harmאָסוֹןason
harm
Misfortune, serious harm.
Where else “ason” appears- you shall giveנָתַתָּהnatata
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natata” appears- lifeנֶפֶשׁnefesh
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nefesh” appears
The context
22When 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.
23 · This verse (above)
24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,