King James Version

Exodus 21:15

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

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וּמַכֵּ֥הumakehand strikeנָכָהconjunction, verb, hiphil, participle, construct — “and strike”, a verb used as a describing wordH5221to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.אָבִ֛יוavivfatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.וְאִמּ֖וֹveimvoand motherאֵםconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and mother”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))dam, mother, [idiom] parting.מ֥וֹתmotdieמוּתverb, qal, infinitive absolute — “die”, the verb used for emphasisH4191to 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…יוּמָֽתyumatdieמוּתverb, hophal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “die”, an unfinished actionH4191to 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…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

World English Bible

“Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.

Darby Translation

And he that striketh his father, or his mother, shall certainly be put to death.

Douay-Rheims

He that striketh his father or mother, shall be put to death.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Whoever smites his father or his mother, let him be certainly put to death.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὃς τύπτει πατέρα αὐτοῦ ἢ μητέρα αὐτοῦ, θανάτῳ θανατούσθω.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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