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Ifאִםa compensationכֹּפֶרis imposedיוּשַׁתon him,עָלָיוhe shall giveוְנָתַןas the ransomפִּדְיֹןfor his lifeנַפְשׁוֹwhateverכְּכֹל אֲשֶׁרis imposedיוּשַׁתon him.עָלָיו
Exodus 21:30
Study it in the app“If a compensation is imposed on him, he shall give as the ransom for his life whatever is imposed on him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 21:30, word by word
- a compensationכֹּפֶרkofer
ransom
What is paid for a life.
Where else “kofer” appears- is imposedיוּשַׁתyushat
put
To station something somewhere; sow enmity.
Where else “yushat” appears- he shall giveנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- as the ransomפִּדְיֹןpidyon
ransom
Ransom: what is paid to set a life free.
Where else “pidyon” appears- for his lifeנַפְשׁnafsh
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsh” appears
The context
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.
30 · This verse (above)
31Whether it gores a son or gores a daughter, it shall be done to him according to this rule.