And if a manוְאִישׁ כִּיliesיִשְׁכַּבwithאֶתa womanאִשָּׁהwith an emissionשִׁכְבַתof semen,זֶרַעand sheוְהִואis a slave womanשִׁפְחָהpromisedנֶחֱרֶפֶתto a man,לְאִישׁbutוְshe has notלֹאbeen redeemed at allהָפְדֵּה נִפְדָּתָהnorאוֹ לֹאbeen givenנִתַּןherלָהּfreedom,חֻפְשָׁהthere shall beתִּהְיֶהpunishment;בִּקֹּרֶתthey shall notלֹאbe put to death,יוּמְתוּforכִּיshe was notלֹאfree.חֻפָּשָׁה
Leviticus 19:20
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Leviticus 19:20, word by word
- And if a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- liesיִשְׁכַּבyishkav
lie with
To lie with someone, have relations.
Where else “yishkav” appears- a womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- with an emissionשִׁכְבַתshichvat
emission
A man's emission of semen, which under the law left him unclean until evening.
Where else “shichvat” appears- of semenזֶרַעzera
semen
The fluid from a man that gives rise to a child.
Where else “zera” appears- is a slave womanשִׁפְחָהshifcha
female slave, servant
Female slave, maidservant in the service of the lady of the house.
Where else “shifcha” appears- promisedנֶחֱרֶפֶתnecherefet
betroth
For a woman to be engaged to a man without yet being married.
Where else “necherefet” appears- been redeemed at allהָפְדֵּהhafde
pay a ransom
To pay to get someone or something back.
Where else “hafde” appears- been givenנִתַּןnitan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “nitan” appears- freedomחֻפְשָׁהchufsha
freedom
Freedom given to a slave. It appears only in Leviticus 19:20.
Where else “chufsha” appears- there shall beתִּהְיֶהtihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “tihye” appears- punishmentבִּקֹּרֶתbikoret
inquiry, punishment
A word found only in Leviticus 19:20: punishment, or an inquiry to decide it.
Where else “bikoret” appears- be put to deathיוּמְתוּyumtu
be put to death
To lose one's life as punishment.
Where else “yumtu” appears- freeחֻפָּשָׁהchupasha
be set free
Be free, be set free.
Where else “chupasha” appears
Translation note
The word translated “punishment” (biqqoret) appears only here; BDB explains it as “punishment after examination.”
The context
19You shall keep my statutes. Your beasts you shall not let breed with two kinds; your field you shall not sow with two kinds, and a garment of two kinds, of mixed fabric, shall not come on you.
20 · This verse (above)
21And he shall bring his guilt offering to YHWH, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, a ram of guilt offering.