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You shall notלֹאoppressתַעֲשֹׁקyour neighborאֶת רֵעֲךָand you shall notוְלֹאrob him.תִגְזֹלThe wagesפְּעֻלַּתof a hired workerשָׂכִירshall notלֹאstay overnightתָלִיןwith youאִתְּךָuntilעַדmorning.בֹּקֶר
Leviticus 19:13
Study it in the app“You shall not oppress your neighbor and you shall not rob him. The wages of a hired worker shall not stay overnight with you until morning.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 19:13, word by word
- oppressתַעֲשֹׁקtaashok
oppress, defraud
Oppress, defraud: take advantage of someone by taking what is his; crush.
Where else “taashok” appears- your neighborרֵעֲrea
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “rea” appears- rob himתִגְזֹלtigzol
seize, rob
Take by force, rob, tear away.
Where else “tigzol” appears- The wagesפְּעֻלַּתpeulat
wages
What one receives for working.
Where else “peulat” appears- of a hired workerשָׂכִירsachir
hired worker
Hired worker: a laborer paid by the day or by the year.
Where else “sachir” appears- stay overnightתָלִיןtalin
remain
For something to remain until morning, when it should have gone earlier.
Where else “talin” appears- morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears
Translation note
Compare James 5:4, on the wages withheld from workers.
The context
12And you shall not swear by my name falsely, and so profane the name of your Elohim. I am YHWH.
13 · This verse (above)
14You shall not curse a deaf person and before a blind person you shall not put a stumbling block; but you shall fear your Elohim. I am YHWH.