Exodus
Exodus 22:1
1“If a man steals an oxa or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.
Footnotes
- a 22:1 Or a bull or a cow; also in verses 4, 9, and 10
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| If | כִּ֤י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| a man | אִישׁ֙ | ’îš | Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| steals | יִגְנֹֽב־ | yiḡ·nōḇ- | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H1589 steal |
| an ox | שׁ֣וֹר | šō·wr | Noun - masculine singular | H7794 head of cattle |
| or | אוֹ־ | ’ōw- | Conjunction | H176 or |
| a sheep | שֶׂ֔ה | śeh | Noun - masculine singular | H7716 one of a flock, a sheep (or goat) |
| and slaughters | וּטְבָח֖וֹ | ū·ṭə·ḇā·ḥōw | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular | H2873 slaughter, butcher, slay |
| or | א֣וֹ | ’ōw | Conjunction | H176 or |
| sells it | מְכָר֑וֹ | mə·ḵā·rōw | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular | H4376 sell |
| he must repay | יְשַׁלֵּם֙ | yə·šal·lêm | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H7999 be complete, sound |
| five | חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה | ḥă·miš·šāh | Number - masculine singular | H2568 five |
| oxen | בָקָ֗ר | ḇā·qār | Noun - masculine singular | H1241 cattle, herd, ox |
| for | תַּ֣חַת | ta·ḥaṯ | Preposition | H8478 the under part |
| an ox | הַשּׁ֔וֹר | haš·šō·wr | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7794 head of cattle |
| and four | וְאַרְבַּע־ | wə·’ar·ba‘- | Conjunctive waw; Number - feminine singular | H702 four |
| sheep | הַשֶּֽׂה׃ | haś·śeh | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7716 one of a flock, a sheep (or goat) |
| for a sheep | צֹ֖אן | ṣōn | Noun - common singular | H6629 small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
2 Samuel 12:6 · Luke 19:8 · Proverbs 6:31 · Numbers 5:7
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.