The Meaning of Exodus 22:22 Explained

Exodus 22:22

KJV: Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

YLT: 'Any widow or orphan ye do not afflict;

Darby: Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

ASV: Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Ye shall not afflict  any widow,  or fatherless child. 

What does Exodus 22:22 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 22:22 mean?

Any widow or fatherless child not You shall afflict
כָּל־ אַלְמָנָ֥ה וְיָת֖וֹם לֹ֥א תְעַנּֽוּן

כָּל־  Any 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
אַלְמָנָ֥ה  widow 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַלְמָנָה  
Sense: widow.
וְיָת֖וֹם  or  fatherless  child 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יָתֹום  
Sense: an orphan, fatherless.
תְעַנּֽוּן  You  shall  afflict 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, second person masculine plural, Paragogic nun
Root: עָנָה 
Sense: (Qal) to be occupied, be busied with.