King James Version
Exodus 21:33 in the King James Version says “And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;”
Exodus 21:33 · KJV
Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“shall open”
H6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
“And if a man”
H376a 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)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“And if a man”
H376a 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)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and not cover”
H3680properly, to plump, i.e., fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
“fall”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
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