The Meaning of Exodus 21:31 Explained

Exodus 21:31

KJV: Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.

YLT: whether it gore a son or gore a daughter, according to this judgment it is done to him.

Darby: Whether it gore a son or gore a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done to him.

ASV: Whether it have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Whether he have gored  a son,  or  have gored  a daughter,  according to this judgment  shall it be done  unto him. 

What does Exodus 21:31 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 21:31 mean?

Whether a son it has gored or a daughter gored according to judgment this it shall be done to him
אוֹ־ בֵ֥ן יִגָּ֖ח אוֹ־ בַ֣ת יִגָּ֑ח כַּמִּשְׁפָּ֥ט הַזֶּ֖ה יֵעָ֥שֶׂה לּֽוֹ

אוֹ־  Whether 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: אֹו 
Sense: or, rather.
בֵ֥ן  a  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יִגָּ֖ח  it  has  gored 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָגַח  
Sense: to push, thrust, gore.
בַ֣ת  a  daughter 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
יִגָּ֑ח  gored 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָגַח  
Sense: to push, thrust, gore.
כַּמִּשְׁפָּ֥ט  according  to  judgment 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.
הַזֶּ֖ה  this 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
יֵעָ֥שֶׂה  it  shall  be  done 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
לּֽוֹ  to  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular

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