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Anyone whoכָּלstrikes downמַכֵּהa person:נֶפֶשׁone shall killיִרְצַחthe manslayerהָרֹצֵחַon the testimonyלְפִיof witnesses;עֵדִיםbut oneוְ אֶחָדwitnessעֵדshall notלֹאtestifyיַעֲנֶהagainst a personבְנֶפֶשׁthat he die.לָמוּת
Numbers 35:30
Study it in the app“Anyone who strikes down a person: one shall kill the manslayer on the testimony of witnesses; but one witness shall not testify against a person that he die.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 35:30, word by word
- strikes downמַכֵּהmake
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “make” appears- a personנֶפֶשׁnefesh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appears- one shall killיִרְצַחyirtsach
murder
To take someone's life unjustly.
Where else “yirtsach” appears- on the testimonyפִיfi
command
Literally "the mouth": what someone says or decrees.
Where else “fi” appears- of witnessesעֵדִיםedim
witness
Someone who vouches for what he saw; YHWH is one too.
Where else “edim” appears- but oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- testifyיַעֲנֶהyaane
testify
To speak before a judge as a witness, for or against someone.
Where else “yaane” appears- that he dieמוּתmut
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “mut” appears
Translation note
The same rule of two or three witnesses is repeated in Deuteronomy 17:6 and 19:15, and Matthew 18:16 and 2 Corinthians 13:1 quote it.
The context
29These shall be for you a statute of justice throughout your generations in all your dwelling places.
30 · This verse (above)
31And you shall not accept compensation for the life of a manslayer who is guilty of death, for he shall surely be put to death.