Leviticus
Leviticus 24:20
20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth.d Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.
Footnotes
- d 24:20 Cited in Matthew 5:38|MAT 5:38
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fracture | שֶׁ֚בֶר | še·b̲er | Noun - masculine singular | H7667 breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash |
| for | תַּ֣חַת | ta·ḥaṯ | Preposition | H8478 the under part |
| fracture | שֶׁ֔בֶר | še·ḇer | Noun - masculine singular | H7667 breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash |
| eye | עַ֚יִן | ‘a·yin | Noun - common singular | H5869 eye |
| for | תַּ֣חַת | ta·ḥaṯ | Preposition | H8478 the under part |
| eye | עַ֔יִן | ‘a·yin | Noun - common singular | H5869 eye |
| tooth | שֵׁ֖ן | šên | Noun - common singular | H8127 tooth, ivory |
| for | תַּ֣חַת | ta·ḥaṯ | Preposition | H8478 the under part |
| tooth | שֵׁ֑ן | šên | Noun - common singular | H8127 tooth, ivory |
| Just as | כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר | ka·’ă·šer | Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| he injured | יִתֵּ֥ן | yit·tên | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| the other person | בָּֽאָדָ֔ם | bā·’ā·ḏām | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H120 man, mankind |
| the same | כֵּ֖ן | kên | Adverb | H3651 right, veritable, honest |
| must be inflicted | יִנָּ֥תֶן | yin·nā·ṯen | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| on him | בּֽוֹ׃ | bōw | Preposition; third person masculine singular |
Cross-references
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Deuteronomy 19:21 · Matthew 5:38
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