Study it in the app“If a person sins in that he hears the public call to testify under oath, and he is a witness, whether he has seen or known the matter, if he does not declare it, he shall bear his iniquity.”
Ifוְ כִּיa personנֶפֶשׁsinsתֶחֱטָאin that he hearsוְשָׁמְעָהthe public callקוֹלto testify under oath,אָלָהand he isוְהוּאa witness,עֵדwhetherאוֹhe has seenרָאָהorאוֹknown the matter,יָדָעifאִםhe does notלוֹאdeclare it,יַגִּידhe shall bearוְנָשָׂאhis iniquity.עֲוֺנוֹ
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appearssin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “techeta” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shama” appearsproclamation
A notice given aloud so that everyone hears it.
Where else “kol” appearsoath
An oath that brings a curse if broken.
Where else “ala” appearswitness
Someone who vouches for what he saw; YHWH is one too.
Where else “ed” appearsrealize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “raa” appearsmake known
To make someone aware, teach.
Where else “yada” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yagid” appearsbear
To bear the consequences of a fault, like someone carrying a weight.
Where else “nasa” appearsiniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avon” appears“The public call to testify under oath” is literally “the voice of the imprecation” (ala). Proverbs 29:24 uses the same word: “he hears the imprecation and does not declare anything.” It can be understood as a public imprecation on anyone who knew something and kept silent.
1 · This verse (above)
2Or if a person touches any unclean thing, whether the carcass of an unclean animal, or the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of an unclean swarming thing, and it is hidden from him, he has become unclean and guilty.
