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Deuteronomy 21:22

And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:

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וְכִֽיvekhiand assuredכִּיconjunction, conjunction — “and assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…יִהְיֶ֣הyihyehbeהָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.בְאִ֗ישׁveishin a certainאִישׁpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in a certain”, the ordinary formH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…חֵ֛טְאchetefaultחֵטְאnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “fault”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2399a crime or its penaltyfault, [idiom] grievously, offence, (punishment of) sin.מִשְׁפַּטmishpatlawמִשְׁפָּטnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “law”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style[phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right,…מָ֖וֶתmavetdeadמָוֶתnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dead”, the ordinary formH4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin(be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).וְהוּמָ֑תvehumatand dieמוּתconjunction, verb, hophal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and die”, a completed action in a sequenceH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…וְתָלִ֥יתָvetalitaand hangתָּלָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and hang”, a completed action in a sequenceH8518to suspend (especially to gibbet)hang (up).אֹת֖וֹotvoobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…עֵֽץetstreeעֵץnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “tree”, the ordinary formH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree;

Young’s Literal Translation

'And when there is in a man a sin — a cause of death, and he hath been put to death, and thou hast hanged him on a tree,

World English Bible

If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,

Darby Translation

And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou have hanged him on a tree,

Douay-Rheims

When a man hath committed a crime for which he is to be punished with death, and being condemned to die is hanged on a gibbet:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And if there be sin in any one, and the judgment of death be upon him , and he be put to death, and ye hang him on a tree:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐὰν δὲ γένηται ἔν τινι ἁμαρτία, κρίμα θανάτου, καὶ ἀποθάνῃ, καὶ κρεμάσητε αὐτὸν ἐπὶ ξύλου·

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