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And if a manוְאִישׁ כִּיinflictsיִתֵּןa defectמוּםon his neighbor,בַּעֲמִיתוֹasכַּאֲשֶׁרhe has done,עָשָׂהsoכֵּןit shall be doneיֵעָשֶׂהto him:לּוֹ
Leviticus 24:19
Study it in the app“And if a man inflicts a defect on his neighbor, as he has done, so it shall be done to him:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 24:19, 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- inflictsיִתֵּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- a defectמוּםmum
blemish
A flaw in the body that mars it or makes it unfit.
Where else “mum” appears- on his neighborעֲמִיתamit
neighbor, fellow
Neighbor, companion: a fellow member of the people with whom one deals.
Where else “amit” appears- he has doneעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears
The context
18And whoever strikes a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life.
19 · This verse (above)
20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has inflicted a defect on a human being, so it shall be inflicted on him.