The Meaning of Exodus 21:29 Explained

Exodus 21:29

KJV: But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.

YLT: and if the ox is one accustomed to gore heretofore, and it hath been testified to its owner, and he doth not watch it, and it hath put to death a man or woman, the ox is stoned, and its owner also is put to death.

Darby: But if the ox have gored heretofore, and it have been testified to its owner, and he have not kept it in, and it kill a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.

ASV: But if the ox was wont to gore in time past, and it hath been testified to its owner, and he hath not kept it in, but it hath killed a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But if the ox  were wont to push with his horn  in time past,  and it hath been testified  to his owner,  and he hath not kept  him in, but that he hath killed  a man  or a woman;  the ox  shall be stoned,  and his owner  also shall be put to death. 

What does Exodus 21:29 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Exodus 21

1  Laws for men servants
5  For the servant whose ear is bored
7  For women servants
12  For manslaughter
16  For kidnappers
17  For cursers of parents
18  For smiters
22  For a hurt by chance
28  For an ox that gores
33  For him who is an occasion of harm

What do the individual words in Exodus 21:29 mean?

But if the ox tended to thrust with its horn it in times past and it has been made known to his owner and not he has kept it confined so that it has killed a man or a woman the ox shall be stoned and also its owner shall be put to death
וְאִ֡ם שׁוֹר֩ נַגָּ֨ח ה֜וּא מִתְּמֹ֣ל שִׁלְשֹׁ֗ם וְהוּעַ֤ד בִּבְעָלָיו֙ וְלֹ֣א יִשְׁמְרֶ֔נּוּ וְהֵמִ֥ית אִ֖ישׁ א֣וֹ אִשָּׁ֑ה הַשּׁוֹר֙ יִסָּקֵ֔ל וְגַם־ בְּעָלָ֖יו יוּמָֽת

וְאִ֡ם  But  if 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: אִם  
Sense: if.
שׁוֹר֩  the  ox 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֹׁור  
Sense: ox, bull, a head of cattle.
נַגָּ֨ח  tended  to  thrust  with  its  horn 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: נַגָּח  
Sense: addicted to goring, apt to gore.
שִׁלְשֹׁ֗ם  times  past 
Parse: Adverb
Root: שִׁלְשֹׁום  
Sense: day before yesterday, three days ago.
וְהוּעַ֤ד  and  it  has  been  made  known 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hofal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עוּד 
Sense: to return, repeat, go about, do again.
בִּבְעָלָיו֙  to  his  owner 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בָּעַל 
Sense: owner, husband, lord.
וְלֹ֣א  and  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יִשְׁמְרֶ֔נּוּ  he  has  kept  it  confined 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁמַר  
Sense: to keep, guard, observe, give heed.
וְהֵמִ֥ית  so  that  it  has  killed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
אִ֖ישׁ  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
אִשָּׁ֑ה  a  woman 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
הַשּׁוֹר֙  the  ox 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֹׁור  
Sense: ox, bull, a head of cattle.
יִסָּקֵ֔ל  shall  be  stoned 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: סָקַל  
Sense: to stone (to death), put to death by stoning.
וְגַם־  and  also 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
בְּעָלָ֖יו  its  owner 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בָּעַל 
Sense: owner, husband, lord.
יוּמָֽת  shall  be  put  to  death 
Parse: Verb, Hofal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.

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