The Meaning of Deuteronomy 21:19 Explained

Deuteronomy 21:19

KJV: Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

YLT: then laid hold on him have his father and his mother, and they have brought him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place,

Darby: then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

ASV: then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then shall his father  and his mother  lay hold  on him, and bring him out  unto the elders  of his city,  and unto the gate  of his place; 

What does Deuteronomy 21:19 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 21

1  The Atonement for an Unsolved Murder
10  The usage of a captive taken to wife
15  The firstborn is not to be disinherited upon private affection
18  A rebellious son is to be stoned to death
22  The malefactor must not hang all night on a tree

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 21:19 mean?

Then shall take hold of him his father and his mother and bring out him to the elders of his city and to the gate of his city
וְתָ֥פְשׂוּ ב֖וֹ אָבִ֣יו וְאִמּ֑וֹ וְהוֹצִ֧יאוּ אֹת֛וֹ אֶל־ זִקְנֵ֥י עִיר֖וֹ וְאֶל־ שַׁ֥עַר מְקֹמֽוֹ

וְתָ֥פְשׂוּ  Then  shall  take  hold 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: תָּפַשׂ  
Sense: to catch, handle, lay hold, take hold of, seize, wield.
ב֖וֹ  of  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
אָבִ֣יו  his  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
וְאִמּ֑וֹ  and  his  mother 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֵם  
Sense: mother.
וְהוֹצִ֧יאוּ  and  bring  out 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
זִקְנֵ֥י  the  elders 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural construct
Root: זָקֵן  
Sense: old.
עִיר֖וֹ  of  his  city 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
וְאֶל־  and  to 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
שַׁ֥עַר  the  gate 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שַׁעַר  
Sense: gate.
מְקֹמֽוֹ  of  his  city 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מָקֹום  
Sense: standing place, place.

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