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Exodus 23:4 Interlinear

“ If thou meet ox thine enemy's or his ass going astray bring it back bring it back ”

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Exodus 23 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	כִּ֣י	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2	תִפְגַּ֞ע	H6293	If thou meet	to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunity
3	שׁ֧וֹר	H7794	ox	a bullock (as a traveller)
4	אֹֽיִבְךָ֛	H341	thine enemy's	hating; an adversary
5	א֥וֹ	H176		desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
6	חֲמֹר֖וֹ	H2543	or his ass	a male ass (from its dun red)
7	תֹּעֶ֑ה	H8582	going astray	to vacillate, i.e., reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
8	תְּשִׁיבֶ֖נּוּ	H7725	bring it back	to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
9	תְּשִׁיבֶ֖נּוּ	H7725	bring it back	to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
10	לֽוֹ׃	H0

Exodus 23:4 (current) If thou meet ox thine enemy's or his ass going astray bring it back bring it back