Whenוְכִיa manאִישׁopensיִפְתַּחa pit,בּוֹרorאוֹwhenכִּיa manאִישׁdigsיִכְרֶהa pitבֹּרand does not cover it,וְלֹא יְכַסֶּנּוּand an oxוְ שּׁוֹרorאוֹa donkeyחֲמוֹרfallsנָפַלinto it,שָׁמָּה
Exodus 21:33
Study it in the app“When a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,”
With the Hebrew beneath
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Exodus 21:33, word by word
- a manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- opensיִפְתַּחyiftach
open
To open a door, mouth or eyes.
Where else “yiftach” appears- a pitבּוֹרbor
cistern
A hole dug to hold water.
Where else “bor” appears- digsיִכְרֶהyichre
dig
To dig a well or a grave.
Where else “yichre” appears- and does not cover itיְכַסֶּyechase
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “yechase” appears- and an oxשּׁוֹרshor
ox, bull
Ox or bull: a head of cattle.
Where else “shor” appears- a donkeyחֲמוֹרchamor
donkey
Donkey, male donkey.
Where else “chamor” appears- fallsנָפַלnafal
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “nafal” appears
The context
32If the ox gores a male slave or a female slave, he shall give thirty shekels of silver to his master, and the ox shall be stoned.
33 · This verse (above)
34the owner of the pit shall repay; he shall give back silver to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.