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and my angerוְ אַפִּיwill burn,חָרָהand I will killוְהָרַגְתִּיyouאֶתְכֶםwith the sword,בֶּחָרֶבand your wivesוְ נְשֵׁיכֶםwill becomeהָיוּwidowsאַלְמָנוֹתand your sonsוּבְנֵיכֶםorphans.יְתֹמִים
Exodus 22:24
Study it in the app“and my anger will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will become widows and your sons orphans.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 22:24, word by word
- and my angerאַפִּapi
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “api” appears- will burnחָרָהchara
burn
For YHWH's anger to be kindled like a fire against someone.
Where else “chara” appears- and I will killהָרַגְתִּיharagti
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “haragti” appears- with the swordחָרֶבcharev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charev” appears- and your wivesנְשֵׁיneshe
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “neshe” appears- will becomeהָיוּhayu
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayu” appears- widowsאַלְמָנוֹתalmanot
widow
Widow.
Where else “almanot” appears- and your sonsבְנֵיvene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appears- orphansיְתֹמִיםyetomim
fatherless
Orphan; above all one who has lost his father.
Where else “yetomim” appears
The context
23If you do afflict him —for if he does cry out to me, I will surely hear his cry—
24 · This verse (above)
25If you lend silver to my people, to the poor with you, you shall not be to him like a creditor; you shall not lay interest on him.