Hebrew Interlinear

Deuteronomy 25:3 Interlinear

Forty and beat he may give him and not exceed he may give him and not exceed and beat stripes him above these with many should seem vile then thy brother

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1אַרְבָּעִ֥יםH705Fortyforty
2לְהַכֹּת֤וֹH5221and beatto strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
3לֹ֣אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
4יֹסִ֨יףH3254he may give him and not exceedto add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
5פֶּןH6435properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
6יֹסִ֨יףH3254he may give him and not exceedto add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
7לְהַכֹּת֤וֹH5221and beatto strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
8עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
9אֵ֙לֶּה֙H428these or those
10מַכָּ֣הH4347stripesa blow (in 2 chronicles 2:10, of the flail); by implication, a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence
11רַבָּ֔הH7227him above these with manyabundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
12וְנִקְלָ֥הH7034should seem vileto be light (as implied in rapid motion), but figuratively, only (be [causatively, hold] in contempt)
13אָחִ֖יךָH251then thy brothera brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
14לְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

Verse Context

Deuteronomy 25:2 be worthy and to be beaten And it shall be if the wicked man shall cause him to lie down...
Deuteronomy 25:3 (current)Forty and beat he may give him and not exceed he may give him and not exceed and beat stripes him above these with many should seem vile then thy brother
Deuteronomy 25:4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox ...

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