The Meaning of Deuteronomy 25:14 Explained

Deuteronomy 25:14

KJV: Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.

YLT: Thou hast not in thy house an ephah and an ephah, a great and a small.

Darby: Thou shalt not have in thy house divers ephahs, a great and a small.

ASV: Thou shalt not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou shalt not have in thine house  divers measures,  a great  and a small. 

What does Deuteronomy 25:14 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 25

1  Punishment must not exceed forty lashes
4  The ox is not to be muzzled
5  Of raising seed unto a brother
11  Of the immodest woman
13  Of unjust weights and measures
17  The memory of Amalek is to be blotted out

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 25:14 mean?

Not shall have You in your house ephah and differing measures a large and a small
לֹא־ יִהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֛ בְּבֵיתְךָ֖ אֵיפָ֣ה וְאֵיפָ֑ה גְּדוֹלָ֖ה וּקְטַנָּֽה

יִהְיֶ֥ה  shall  have 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
בְּבֵיתְךָ֖  in  your  house 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
אֵיפָ֣ה  ephah 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֵיפָה  
Sense: ephah.
וְאֵיפָ֑ה  and  differing  measures 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֵיפָה  
Sense: ephah.
גְּדוֹלָ֖ה  a  large 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: גָּבֹול 
Sense: great.
וּקְטַנָּֽה  and  a  small 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adjective, feminine singular
Root: קָטָן 
Sense: young, small, insignificant, unimportant.

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