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Keep farתִּרְחָקfrom a falseמִ שֶׁקֶרmatter,דְּבַרand do not killוְ אַל תַּהֲרֹגthe innocentנָקִיand the righteous,וְצַדִּיקforכִּיI will not declare righteousלֹא אַצְדִּיקthe wicked.רָשָׁע
Exodus 23:7
Study it in the app“Keep far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not declare righteous the wicked.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 23:7, word by word
- Keep farתִּרְחָקtirchak
be far
To be distant: "do not stay away from me".
Where else “tirchak” appears- from a falseשֶׁקֶרsheker
lie
What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.
Where else “sheker” appears- matterדְּבַרdevar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devar” appears- and do not killתַּהֲרֹגtaharog
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “taharog” appears- the innocentנָקִיnaki
innocent
Without guilt: blood of one who did no wrong.
Where else “naki” appears- and the righteousצַדִּיקtsadik
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appears- I will not declare righteousאַצְדִּיקatsdik
be righteous
To be in the clear before God.
Where else “atsdik” appears- the wickedרָשָׁעrasha
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “rasha” appears
The context
6You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his dispute.
7 · This verse (above)
8You shall not take a bribe, for the bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.