Whenוְכִיan oxשׁוֹרgoresיִגַּחa manאֶת אִישׁorאוֹa womanאֶת אִשָּׁהand the person dies,וָמֵתthe oxהַשּׁוֹרshall surely be stoned,סָקוֹל יִסָּקֵלand its fleshוְ אֶת בְּשָׂרוֹshall not be eaten,לֹא יֵאָכֵלbut the ownerוּבַעַלof the oxהַשּׁוֹרshall be clear.נָקִי
Exodus 21:28
Study it in the app“When an ox gores a man or a woman and the person dies, the ox shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall be clear.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 21:28, word by word
- an oxשׁוֹרshor
ox, bull
Ox or bull: a head of cattle.
Where else “shor” appears- goresיִגַּחyigach
gore
To strike with horns; or knock down enemies.
Where else “yigach” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- a womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- and the person diesמֵתmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears- shall surely be stonedסָקוֹלsakol
stone
To pelt someone with rocks, or kill them so.
Where else “sakol” appears- and its fleshבְּשָׂרbesar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “besar” appears- shall not be eatenיֵאָכֵלyeachel
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yeachel” appears- but the ownerבַעַלvaal
owner
One who owns something and answers for it: a house, an ox, a field.
Where else “vaal” appears- shall be clearנָקִיnaki
exempt
To be exempt from a task or a duty.
Where else “naki” appears
The context
27And if he knocks out the tooth of his male slave or the tooth of his female slave, he shall let him go free on account of his tooth.
28 · This verse (above)
29But if an ox has been given to goring in the past, and its owner has been warned but has not kept it in, and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.