Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleHe may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight. Young's Literal Translation forty [times] he doth smite him—he is not adding, lest, he is adding to smite him above these—many stripes, and thy brother is lightly esteemed in thine eyes. King James Bible Forty stripes he may give him, [and] not exceed: lest, [if] he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee. Hebrew He may receiveיַכֶּ֖נּוּ (yak·ken·nū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 5221: To strike no לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no more יֹסִ֑יף (yō·sîp̄) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3254: To add, augment than forty {lashes}, אַרְבָּעִ֥ים (’ar·bā·‘îm) Number - common plural Strong's 705: Forty lest פֶּן־ (pen-) Conjunction Strong's 6435: Removal, lest your brother אָחִ֖יךָ (’ā·ḥî·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 251: A brother, ) be beaten לְהַכֹּת֤וֹ (lə·hak·kō·ṯōw) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5221: To strike any more יֹסִ֨יף (yō·sîp̄) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3254: To add, augment than עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against that אֵ֙לֶּה֙ (’êl·leh) Pronoun - common plural Strong's 428: These, those and be degraded וְנִקְלָ֥ה (wə·niq·lāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7034: To be lightly esteemed or dishonored in your sight. לְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ (lə·‘ê·ne·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain |
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