Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 13:9

⁹Instead, you must surely kill him. Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Instead	כִּ֤י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
you must surely kill him	הָרֹג֙	hā·rōḡ	Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute	H2026 kill, slay
Your hand	יָֽדְךָ֛	yā·ḏə·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H3027 hand
must be	תִּֽהְיֶה־	tih·yeh-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
the first	בָרִֽאשׁוֹנָ֖ה	ḇā·ri·šō·w·nāh	Preposition-b, Article; Adjective - feminine singular	H7223 former, first, chief
against him	בּ֥וֹ	bōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
to put him to death	לַהֲמִית֑וֹ	la·hă·mî·ṯōw	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singular	H4191 die
and then	בָּאַחֲרֹנָֽה׃	bā·’a·ḥă·rō·nāh	Preposition-b, Article; Adjective - feminine singular	H314 coming after
the hands	וְיַ֥ד	wə·yaḏ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct	H3027 hand
of all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the people	הָעָ֖ם	hā·‘ām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.