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Ifאִםthe thiefהַגַּנָּבis not found,לֹא יִמָּצֵאthe ownerוְ בַּעַלof the houseהַבַּיִתshall come nearנִקְרַבtoאֶלElohim to declareהָאֱלֹהִיםthatאִםhe has not putלֹא שָׁלַחhis handיָדוֹto the goodsבִּמְלֶאכֶתof his neighbor.רֵעֵהוּ
Exodus 22:8
Study it in the app“If the thief is not found, the owner of the house shall come near to Elohim to declare that he has not put his hand to the goods of his neighbor.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 22:8, word by word
- the thiefגַּנָּבganav
thief
Thief.
Where else “ganav” appears- is not foundיִמָּצֵאyimatse
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “yimatse” appears- the ownerבַּעַלbaal
owner
One who owns something and answers for it: a house, an ox, a field.
Where else “baal” appears- of the houseבַּיִתbayit
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appears- shall come nearנִקְרַבnikrav
come near
To come near to someone or something.
Where else “nikrav” appears- Elohim to declareאֱלֹהִיםelohim
judges
Judges who judged in God's name.
Where else “elohim” appears- he has not putשָׁלַחshalach
stretch out
Literally "send the hand": move the arm toward something to take or strike it.
Where else “shalach” appears- his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- to the goodsמְלֶאכֶתmelechet
goods
What one owns: his goods, his property.
Where else “melechet” appears- of his neighborרֵעֵree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears
Translation note
“Before Elohim” can also be understood as “before the judges”; the same in verse 9.
The context
7When a man gives his neighbor silver or goods to keep, and it is stolen from the house of the man, if the thief is found, he shall repay double.
8 · This verse (above)
9In every case of transgression, whether for an ox, for a donkey, for a lamb, for a garment, or for any lost thing of which someone says, ‘This is it,’ the case of the two of them shall come before Elohim; the one whom Elohim declares guilty shall repay double to his neighbor.