The Meaning of Deuteronomy 19:21 Explained

Deuteronomy 19:21

KJV: And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

YLT: and thine eye doth not pity -- life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Darby: And thine eye shall not spare: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

ASV: And thine eyes shall not pity; life'shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And thine eye  shall not pity;  [but] life  [shall go] for life,  eye  for eye,  tooth  for tooth,  hand  for hand,  foot  for foot. 

What does Deuteronomy 19:21 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 19:21 mean?

And not shall pity Your eye life [shall be] for life eye for eye tooth for tooth hand for hand foot for foot -
וְלֹ֥א תָח֖וֹס עֵינֶ֑ךָ נֶ֣פֶשׁ בְּנֶ֗פֶשׁ עַ֤יִן בְּעַ֙יִן֙ שֵׁ֣ן בְּשֵׁ֔ן יָ֥ד בְּיָ֖ד רֶ֥גֶל בְּרָֽגֶל ס

וְלֹ֥א  And  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
תָח֖וֹס  shall  pity 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: חוּס  
Sense: (Qal) to pity, have compassion, spare, look upon with compassion.
עֵינֶ֑ךָ  Your  eye 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
נֶ֣פֶשׁ  life  [shall  be] 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
בְּנֶ֗פֶשׁ  for  life 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
עַ֤יִן  eye 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
בְּעַ֙יִן֙  for  eye 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common singular
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
שֵׁ֣ן  tooth 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: שֵׁן  
Sense: tooth, ivory.
בְּשֵׁ֔ן  for  tooth 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common singular
Root: שֵׁן  
Sense: tooth, ivory.
יָ֥ד  hand 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
בְּיָ֖ד  for  hand 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
רֶ֥גֶל  foot 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: רֶגֶל  
Sense: foot.
בְּרָֽגֶל  for  foot 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular
Root: רֶגֶל  
Sense: foot.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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