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You shall not takeוְ לֹא תִקָּחa bribe,שֹׁחַדforכִּיthe bribeהַשֹּׁחַדblindsיְעַוֵּרthose who seeפִּקְחִיםand subvertsוִיסַלֵּףthe wordsדִּבְרֵיof the righteous.צַדִּיקִים
Exodus 23:8
Study it in the app“You shall not take a bribe, for the bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 23:8, word by word
- You shall not takeתִקָּחtikach
accept
To accept what someone gives, such as teaching or correction.
Where else “tikach” appears- a bribeשֹׁחַדshochad
bribe
Bribe: a gift given to a judge to twist his decision.
Where else “shochad” appears- blindsיְעַוֵּרyeaver
blind
Blind, put out the eyes.
Where else “yeaver” appears- those who seeפִּקְחִיםpikchim
clear-sighted
Seeing clearly, with open eyes.
Where else “pikchim” appears- and subvertsיסַלֵּףysalef
pervert
Twist, pervert, overturn.
Where else “ysalef” appears- the wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- of the righteousצַדִּיקִיםtsadikim
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadikim” appears
The context
7Keep far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not declare righteous the wicked.
8 · This verse (above)
9You shall not oppress a resident alien; you know the soul of the resident alien, for you were resident aliens in the land of Egypt.