The Meaning of Deuteronomy 19:19 Explained

Deuteronomy 19:19

KJV: Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.

YLT: 'Then ye have done to him as he devised to do to his brother, and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst,

Darby: then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to have done unto his brother; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.

ASV: then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to do unto his brother: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then shall ye do  unto him, as he had thought  to have done  unto his brother:  so shalt thou put  the evil  away  from among  you. 

What does Deuteronomy 19:19 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 19

1  The cities of refuge
4  The privilege thereof for the manslayer
14  The landmark is not to be removed
15  At least two witnesses are required
16  the punishment of a false witness

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 19:19 mean?

then you shall do to him as he thought to have done to his brother So you shall put away the evil from among you
וַעֲשִׂ֣יתֶם ל֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר זָמַ֖ם לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת לְאָחִ֑יו וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥ הָרָ֖ע מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ

וַעֲשִׂ֣יתֶם  then  you  shall  do 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
ל֔וֹ  to  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
זָמַ֖ם  he  thought 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: זָמַם  
Sense: to have a thought, devise, plan, consider, purpose.
לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת  to  have  done 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
לְאָחִ֑יו  to  his  brother 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.
וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥  So  you  shall  put  away 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: בָּעַר 
Sense: to burn, consume, kindle, be kindled.
הָרָ֖ע  the  evil 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רַע 
Sense: bad, evil.
מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ  from  among  you 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: קֶרֶב  
Sense: midst, among, inner part, middle.