Category Archives: Exodus

וְשַׁתִּ֣י אֶת־גְּבֻלְךָ֗ מִיַּם־סוּף֙ וְעַד־יָ֣ם פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וּמִמִּדְבָּ֖ר עַד־הַנָּהָ֑ר כִּ֣י אֶתֵּ֣ן בְּיֶדְכֶ֗ם אֵ֚ת יֹשְׁבֵ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ וְגֵרַשְׁתָּ֖מֹו מִפָּנֶֽיךָ׃ And I will set your boundary from the Sea of Suf to the Sea of the Pelishtim, and from the wilderness to the River, for … Continue reading →

מְעַ֥ט מְעַ֛ט אֲגָרְשֶׁ֖נּוּ מִפָּנֶ֑יךָ עַ֚ד אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּפְרֶ֔ה וְנָחַלְתָּ֖ אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you are fruitful and take possession of the land.   Morphology מְעַ֥ט (meʿat) – Root: מעט (m-ʿ-t); Form: Adjective, … Continue reading →

לֹ֧א אֲגָרְשֶׁ֛נּוּ מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ בְּשָׁנָ֣ה אֶחָ֑ת פֶּן־תִּהְיֶ֤ה הָאָ֨רֶץ֙ שְׁמָמָ֔ה וְרַבָּ֥ה עָלֶ֖יךָ חַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the beasts of the field multiply against you.   Morphology … Continue reading →

וְשָׁלַחְתִּ֥י אֶת־הַצִּרְעָ֖ה לְפָנֶ֑יךָ וְגֵרְשָׁ֗ה אֶת־הַחִוִּ֧י אֶת־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֛י וְאֶת־הַחִתִּ֖י מִלְּפָנֶֽיךָ׃ I will send the hornet before you, and it will drive out the Ḥiwwi, the Kenaʿani, and the Ḥitti from before you.   Morphology וְשָׁלַחְתִּ֥י (veshalaḥti) – Root: שלח (sh-l-ḥ); Form: Conjunction … Continue reading →

אֶת־אֵֽימָתִי֙ אֲשַׁלַּ֣ח לְפָנֶ֔יךָ וְהַמֹּתִי֙ אֶת־כָּל־הָעָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר תָּבֹ֖א בָּהֶ֑ם וְנָתַתִּ֧י אֶת־כָּל־אֹיְבֶ֛יךָ אֵלֶ֖יךָ עֹֽרֶף׃ I will send My terror before you, and I will throw into confusion all the people among whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn … Continue reading →

לֹ֥א תִהְיֶ֛ה מְשַׁכֵּלָ֥ה וַעֲקָרָ֖ה בְּאַרְצֶ֑ךָ אֶת־מִסְפַּ֥ר יָמֶ֖יךָ אֲמַלֵּֽא׃ There shall not be a woman miscarrying or barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.   Morphology לֹ֥א (lo) – Root: N/A; Form: Negative particle; Translation: “Not”; … Continue reading →

וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֗ם אֵ֚ת יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם וּבֵרַ֥ךְ אֶֽת־לַחְמְךָ֖ וְאֶת־מֵימֶ֑יךָ וַהֲסִרֹתִ֥י מַחֲלָ֖ה מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ׃ You shall serve YHWH your God, and He will bless your bread and your water, and I will remove sickness from your midst.   Morphology וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֗ם (vaʿavadtem) – Root: עבד … Continue reading →

לֹֽא־תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֤ה לֵאלֹֽהֵיהֶם֙ וְלֹ֣א תָֽעָבְדֵ֔ם וְלֹ֥א תַעֲשֶׂ֖ה כְּמַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑ם כִּ֤י הָרֵס֙ תְּהָ֣רְסֵ֔ם וְשַׁבֵּ֥ר תְּשַׁבֵּ֖ר מַצֵּבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their deeds; but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their sacred … Continue reading →

כִּֽי־יֵלֵ֣ךְ מַלְאָכִי֮ לְפָנֶיךָ֒ וֶהֱבִֽיאֲךָ֗ אֶל־הָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ וְהַ֣חִתִּ֔י וְהַפְּרִזִּי֙ וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י הַחִוִּ֖י וְהַיְבוּסִ֑י וְהִכְחַדְתִּֽיו׃ For My angel will go before you and bring you to the Emori, the Ḥitti, the Perizzi, the Kenaʿani, the Ḥiwwi, and the Yevusi, and I will annihilate them. … Continue reading →

כִּ֣י אִם־שָׁמֹ֤עַ תִּשְׁמַע֙ בְּקֹלֹ֔ו וְעָשִׂ֕יתָ כֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲדַבֵּ֑ר וְאָֽיַבְתִּי֙ אֶת־אֹ֣יְבֶ֔יךָ וְצַרְתִּ֖י אֶת־צֹרְרֶֽיךָ׃ For if you surely listen to his voice and do all that I speak, I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. … Continue reading →

הִשָּׁ֧מֶר מִפָּנָ֛יו וּשְׁמַ֥ע בְּקֹלֹ֖ו אַל־תַּמֵּ֣ר בֹּ֑ו כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יִשָּׂא֙ לְפִשְׁעֲכֶ֔ם כִּ֥י שְׁמִ֖י בְּקִרְבֹּֽו׃ Be cautious before him and listen to his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgression, because My name is within him. … Continue reading →

הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֜י שֹׁלֵ֤חַ מַלְאָךְ֙ לְפָנֶ֔יךָ לִשְׁמָרְךָ֖ בַּדָּ֑רֶךְ וְלַהֲבִ֣יאֲךָ֔ אֶל־הַמָּקֹ֖ום אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֲכִנֹֽתִי׃ Behold, I am sending an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.   Morphology הִנֵּ֨ה (hinneh) … Continue reading →

רֵאשִׁ֗ית בִּכּוּרֵי֙ אַדְמָ֣תְךָ֔ תָּבִ֕יא בֵּ֖ית יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ לֹֽא־תְבַשֵּׁ֥ל גְּדִ֖י בַּחֲלֵ֥ב אִמֹּֽו׃ ס The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring to the house of YHWH your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s … Continue reading →

לֹֽא־תִזְבַּ֥ח עַל־חָמֵ֖ץ דַּם־זִבְחִ֑י וְלֹֽא־יָלִ֥ין חֵֽלֶב־חַגִּ֖י עַד־בֹּֽקֶר׃ You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread, nor shall the fat of My feast remain until morning.   Morphology לֹֽא־תִזְבַּ֥ח (lo-tizbaḥ) – Root: זבח (z-b-ḥ); Form: Negative particle + … Continue reading →

שָׁלֹ֥שׁ פְּעָמִ֖ים בַּשָּׁנָ֑ה יֵרָאֶה֙ כָּל־זְכ֣וּרְךָ֔ אֶל־פְּנֵ֖י הָאָדֹ֥ן יְהוָֽה׃ Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord YHWH.   Morphology שָׁלֹ֥שׁ (shalosh) – Root: שלש (sh-l-sh); Form: Numeral, feminine singular absolute; Translation: “Three”; Notes: Refers to … Continue reading →

וְחַ֤ג הַקָּצִיר֙ בִּכּוּרֵ֣י מַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּזְרַ֖ע בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה וְחַ֤ג הָֽאָסִף֙ בְּצֵ֣את הַשָּׁנָ֔ה בְּאָסְפְּךָ֥ אֶֽת־מַעֲשֶׂ֖יךָ מִן־הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ You shall observe the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labor which you sow in the field, and the Feast of Ingathering at the end … Continue reading →

אֶת־חַ֣ג הַמַּצֹּות֮ תִּשְׁמֹר֒ שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִים֩ תֹּאכַ֨ל מַצֹּ֜ות כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֗ךָ לְמֹועֵד֙ חֹ֣דֶשׁ הָֽאָבִ֔יב כִּי־בֹ֖ו יָצָ֣אתָ מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם וְלֹא־יֵרָא֥וּ פָנַ֖י רֵיקָֽם׃ You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed … Continue reading →

שָׁלֹ֣שׁ רְגָלִ֔ים תָּחֹ֥ג לִ֖י בַּשָּׁנָֽה׃ Three times you shall celebrate a feast to Me in the year.   Morphology שָׁלֹ֣שׁ (shalosh) – Root: שלש (sh-l-sh); Form: Numeral, feminine singular absolute; Translation: “Three”; Notes: Refers to the three pilgrimage festivals. רְגָלִ֔ים … Continue reading →

וּבְכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־אָמַ֥רְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶ֖ם תִּשָּׁמֵ֑רוּ וְשֵׁ֨ם אֱלֹהִ֤ים אֲחֵרִים֙ לֹ֣א תַזְכִּ֔ירוּ לֹ֥א יִשָּׁמַ֖ע עַל־פִּֽיךָ׃ And in everything I have said to you, you shall be careful, and the name of other gods you shall not mention; it shall not be heard on … Continue reading →

שֵׁ֤שֶׁת יָמִים֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה מַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָ וּבַיֹּ֥ום הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י תִּשְׁבֹּ֑ת לְמַ֣עַן יָנ֗וּחַ שֹֽׁורְךָ֙ וַחֲמֹרֶ֔ךָ וְיִנָּפֵ֥שׁ בֶּן־אֲמָתְךָ֖ וְהַגֵּֽר׃ Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest, so that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and … Continue reading →

וְהַשְּׁבִיעִ֞ת תִּשְׁמְטֶ֣נָּה וּנְטַשְׁתָּ֗הּ וְאָֽכְלוּ֙ אֶבְיֹנֵ֣י עַמֶּ֔ךָ וְיִתְרָ֕ם תֹּאכַ֖ל חַיַּ֣ת הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה כֵּֽן־תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה לְכַרְמְךָ֖ לְזֵיתֶֽךָ׃ But in the seventh year, you shall let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave, the … Continue reading →

וְשֵׁ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים תִּזְרַ֣ע אֶת־אַרְצֶ֑ךָ וְאָסַפְתָּ֖ אֶת־תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃ And for six years you shall sow your land and gather its produce.   Morphology וְשֵׁ֥שׁ (veshesh) – Root: שש (sh-sh); Form: Conjunction + Numeral, feminine singular; Translation: “And six”; Notes: Specifies the number … Continue reading →

וְגֵ֖ר לֹ֣א תִלְחָ֑ץ וְאַתֶּ֗ם יְדַעְתֶּם֙ אֶת־נֶ֣פֶשׁ הַגֵּ֔ר כִּֽי־גֵרִ֥ים הֱיִיתֶ֖ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃ And you shall not oppress a foreigner, for you know the soul of the foreigner, since you were foreigners in the land of Mitsrayim.   Morphology וְגֵ֖ר (veger) – … Continue reading →

וְשֹׁ֖חַד לֹ֣א תִקָּ֑ח כִּ֤י הַשֹּׁ֨חַד֙ יְעַוֵּ֣ר פִּקְחִ֔ים וִֽיסַלֵּ֖ף דִּבְרֵ֥י צַדִּיקִֽים׃ And you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and distorts the words of the righteous.   Morphology וְשֹׁ֖חַד (veshoḥad) – Root: שחד (sh-kh-d); Form: Conjunction … Continue reading →

מִדְּבַר־שֶׁ֖קֶר תִּרְחָ֑ק וְנָקִ֤י וְצַדִּיק֙ אַֽל־תַּהֲרֹ֔ג כִּ֥י לֹא־אַצְדִּ֖יק רָשָֽׁע׃ Keep yourself far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.   Morphology מִדְּבַר־שֶׁ֖קֶר (midvar-sheqer) – Root: דבר (d-v-r) + שקר … Continue reading →

לֹ֥א תַטֶּ֛ה מִשְׁפַּ֥ט אֶבְיֹנְךָ֖ בְּרִיבֹֽו׃ You shall not pervert the judgment of your poor in his dispute.   Morphology לֹ֥א (lo) – Root: לא (l-ʾ); Form: Negative particle; Translation: “You shall not”; Notes: Introduces a prohibition. תַטֶּ֛ה (tatteh) – Root: … Continue reading →

כִּֽי־תִרְאֶ֞ה חֲמֹ֣ור שֹׂנַאֲךָ֗ רֹבֵץ֙ תַּ֣חַת מַשָּׂאֹ֔ו וְחָדַלְתָּ֖ מֵעֲזֹ֣ב לֹ֑ו עָזֹ֥ב תַּעֲזֹ֖ב עִמֹּֽו׃ If you see the donkey of someone who hates you lying under its burden, you must refrain from abandoning him; you must surely help him with it.   … Continue reading →

כִּ֣י תִפְגַּ֞ע שֹׁ֧ור אֹֽיִבְךָ֛ אֹ֥ו חֲמֹרֹ֖ו תֹּעֶ֑ה הָשֵׁ֥ב תְּשִׁיבֶ֖נּוּ לֹֽו׃ If you encounter your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you must certainly return it to him.   Morphology כִּ֣י (ki) – Root: N/A; Form: Conjunction; Translation: “If”; Notes: … Continue reading →

וְדָ֕ל לֹ֥א תֶהְדַּ֖ר בְּרִיבֹֽו׃ And you shall not show partiality to a poor man in his dispute.   Morphology וְדָ֕ל (vedal) – Root: דלל (d-l-l); Form: Conjunction + Adjective, masculine singular; Translation: “And a poor man”; Notes: Refers to an … Continue reading →

לֹֽא־תִהְיֶ֥ה אַחֲרֵֽי־רַבִּ֖ים לְרָעֹ֑ת וְלֹא־תַעֲנֶ֣ה עַל־רִ֗ב לִנְטֹ֛ת אַחֲרֵ֥י רַבִּ֖ים לְהַטֹּֽת׃ You shall not follow the majority to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a dispute to turn aside after the majority to pervert justice.   Morphology לֹֽא־תִהְיֶ֥ה (lo-tihyeh) – … Continue reading →