The Meaning of Deuteronomy 21:2 Explained

Deuteronomy 21:2

KJV: Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:

YLT: then have thine elders and thy judges gone out and measured unto the cities which are round about the slain one,

Darby: then thine elders and thy judges shall go forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain;

ASV: then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then thy elders  and thy judges  shall come forth,  and they shall measure  unto the cities  which [are] round about  him that is slain: 

What does Deuteronomy 21:2 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 21:2 mean?

Then shall go out your elders and your judges and measure [the distance] to the cities that [are] surrounding from the slain man
וְיָצְא֥וּ זְקֵנֶ֖יךָ וְשֹׁפְטֶ֑יךָ וּמָדְדוּ֙ אֶל־ הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר סְבִיבֹ֥ת הֶחָלָֽל

וְיָצְא֥וּ  Then  shall  go  out 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
זְקֵנֶ֖יךָ  your  elders 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: זָקֵן  
Sense: old.
וְשֹׁפְטֶ֑יךָ  and  your  judges 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: שָׁפַט  
Sense: to judge, govern, vindicate, punish.
וּמָדְדוּ֙  and  measure  [the  distance] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: מָדַד  
Sense: to measure, stretch.
הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים  the  cities 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
אֲשֶׁ֖ר  that  [are] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
סְבִיבֹ֥ת  surrounding 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
הֶחָלָֽל  from  the  slain  man 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חָלָל 
Sense: slain, fatally wounded, pierced.

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