Leviticus

Leviticus 25:35

³⁵Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Now if	וְכִֽי־	wə·ḵî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
your countryman	אָחִ֔יךָ	’ā·ḥî·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H251 brother
becomes destitute	יָמ֣וּךְ	yā·mūḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H4134 be low, depressed, grow poor
and cannot support himself	וּמָ֥טָה	ū·mā·ṭāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular	H4131 totter, shake, slip
among you	עִמָּ֑ךְ	‘im·māḵ	Preposition; second person feminine singular	H5973 with
then you are to help	וְהֶֽחֱזַ֣קְתָּ	wə·he·ḥĕ·zaq·tā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular	H2388 be or grow firm, strong, strengthen
him	בּ֔וֹ	bōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
a foreigner	גֵּ֧ר	gêr	Noun - masculine singular	H1616 sojourner
or stranger	וְתוֹשָׁ֛ב	wə·ṯō·wō·šāḇ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H8453 sojourner
so that he can continue to live	וָחַ֖י	wā·ḥay	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H2421 live
among you	עִמָּֽךְ׃	‘im·māḵ	Preposition; second person feminine singular	H5973 with

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Deuteronomy 15:7–8 · Acts 11:29 · Leviticus 19:34 · Luke 6:35 · Deuteronomy 10:18–19 · Exodus 23:9 · Leviticus 25:25

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