Hebrew Interlinear

Deuteronomy 25:2 Interlinear

be worthy and to be beaten And it shall be if the wicked man shall cause him to lie down that the judge and to be beaten before his face according to his fault by a certain number

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְהָיָ֛הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2אִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
3בִּ֥ןH1121be worthya son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
4וְהִכָּ֣הוּH5221and to be beatento strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
5הָֽרָשָׁ֑עH7563And it shall be if the wicked manmorally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
6וְהִפִּיל֤וֹH5307shall cause him to lie downto fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
7הַשֹּׁפֵט֙H8199that the judgeto judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal
8וְהִכָּ֣הוּH5221and to be beatento strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
9לְפָנָ֔יוH6440before his facethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
10כְּדֵ֥יH1767accordingenough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases
11רִשְׁעָת֖וֹH7564to his faultwrong (especially moral)
12בְּמִסְפָּֽר׃H4557by a certain numbera number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration

Verse Context

Deuteronomy 25:1 If there be a controversy between men and they come...
Deuteronomy 25:2 (current) be worthy and to be beaten And it shall be if the wicked man shall cause him to lie down that the judge and to be beaten before his face according to his fault by a certain number
Deuteronomy 25:3Forty and beat he may give him and not exceed he may give him and not exceed...

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