The Meaning of Exodus 22:3 Explained

Exodus 22:3

KJV: If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

YLT: if the sun hath risen upon him, blood is for him, he doth certainly repay; if he have nothing, then he hath been sold for his theft;

Darby: If the sun be risen on him, there shall be blood-guiltiness for him; he should have made full restitution: if he had nothing, he would have been sold for his theft.

ASV: If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him; he shall make restitution: if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

If the sun  be risen  upon him, [there shall be] blood  [shed] for him; [for] he should make full  restitution;  if he have nothing, then he shall be sold  for his theft. 

What does Exodus 22:3 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Exodus 22

1  Of Theft
5  Of damage
7  Of trespasses
14  Of borrowing
16  Of fornication
18  Of witchcraft
19  Of bestiality
20  Of idolatry
21  Of strangers, widows, and fatherless
25  Of usury
26  Of pledges
28  Of reverence to magistrates
29  Of the first fruits
31  Of torn flesh

What do the individual words in Exodus 22:3 mean?

If has risen the sun on him [there shall be] guilt for his bloodshed Full He should make restitution has nothing he then he shall be sold for his theft
אִם־ זָרְחָ֥ה הַשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ עָלָ֖יו דָּמִ֣ים ל֑וֹ שַׁלֵּ֣ם יְשַׁלֵּ֔ם אֵ֣ין ל֔וֹ וְנִמְכַּ֖ר בִּגְנֵבָתֽוֹ

זָרְחָ֥ה  has  risen 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: זָרַח  
Sense: to rise, come forth, break out, arise, rise up, shine.
הַשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ  the  sun 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: שֶׁמֶשׁ  
Sense: sun.
עָלָ֖יו  on  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
דָּמִ֣ים  [there  shall  be]  guilt 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: דָּם  
Sense: blood.
ל֑וֹ  for  his  bloodshed 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
שַׁלֵּ֣ם  Full 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Infinitive absolute
Root: שָׁלֵם  
Sense: .
יְשַׁלֵּ֔ם  He  should  make  restitution 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁלֵם  
Sense: .
אֵ֣ין  has  nothing 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
וְנִמְכַּ֖ר  then  he  shall  be  sold 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָכַר  
Sense: to sell.
בִּגְנֵבָתֽוֹ  for  his  theft 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: גְּנֵבָה  
Sense: thing stolen, theft.

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