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And whoever strikesוּמַכֵּהa beastבְהֵמָהshall make it good,יְשַׁלְּמֶנָּהbut whoever strikesוּמַכֵּהa human beingאָדָםshall be put to death.יוּמָת
Leviticus 24:21
Study it in the app“And whoever strikes a beast shall make it good, but whoever strikes a human being shall be put to death.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 24:21, word by word
- And whoever strikesמַכֵּהmake
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “make” appears- a beastבְהֵמָהvehema
beast
Animals in general.
Where else “vehema” appears- shall make it goodיְשַׁלְּמֶyeshalme
repay
To settle a debt, give back; keep a vow.
Where else “yeshalme” appears- a human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- shall be put to deathיוּמָתyumat
be put to death
To lose one's life as punishment.
Where else “yumat” appears
Translation note
It can be understood that “striking” here is wounding fatally, as in 24:17-18, where it is said explicitly.
The context
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.
21 · This verse (above)
22You shall have one rule: the resident alien shall be like the native; for I am YHWH your Elohim.”