Hebrew Interlinear

Exodus 21:26 Interlinear

smite And if a man his eye's of his servant his eye's of his maid that it perish free he shall let him go for his eye's

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְכִֽיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2יַכֶּ֨הH5221smiteto strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
3אִ֜ישׁH376And if a mana man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
4אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
5עֵינֽוֹ׃H5869his eye'san eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
6עַבְדּ֛וֹH5650of his servanta servant
7אֽוֹH176desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
8אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
9עֵינֽוֹ׃H5869his eye'san eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
10אֲמָת֖וֹH519of his maida maid-servant or female slave
11וְשִֽׁחֲתָ֑הּH7843that it perishto decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
12לַֽחָפְשִׁ֥יH2670freeexempt (from bondage, tax or care)
13יְשַׁלְּחֶ֖נּוּH7971he shall let him goto send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
14תַּ֥חַתH8478forthe bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
15עֵינֽוֹ׃H5869his eye'san eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

Verse Context

Exodus 21:25Burning Burning for wound for wound...
Exodus 21:26 (current) smite And if a man his eye's of his servant his eye's of his maid that it perish free he shall let him go for his eye's
Exodus 21:27 for his tooth's out his manservant's for his tooth's or his maidservant's...

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