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Leviticus 22:24

Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.

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וּמָע֤וּךְumaukheand bruisedמָעַךְconjunction, verb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “and bruised”, a verb used as a describing wordH4600to press, i.e. to pierce, emasculate, handlebruised, stuck, be pressed.וְכָתוּת֙vekhatutand beatכָּתַתconjunction, verb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “and beat”, a verb used as a describing wordH3807to bruise or violently strikebeat (down, to pieces), break in pieces, crushed, destroy, discomfit, smite, stamp. lוְנָת֣וּקvenatuqand breakנָתַקconjunction, verb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “and break”, a verb used as a describing wordH5423to tear offbreak (off), burst, draw (away), lift up, pluck (away, off), pull (out), root out.וְכָר֔וּתvekharutand covenantכָּרַתconjunction, verb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “and covenant”, a verb used as a describing wordH3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.לֹ֥אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…תַקְרִ֖יבוּtaqrivvapproachקָרַבverb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “approach”, an unfinished actionH7126to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose(cause to) approach, (cause to) bring (forth, near), (cause to) come (near, nigh), (cause to) draw near (nigh), go (near), be at hand, join, be near, offer, present, produce, make ready, stand, take.לַֽיהוָ֑הlayhvahto Jehovahיְהֹוָהpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).וּֽבְאַרְצְכֶ֖םuveartsekhemand in earthאֶרֶץconjunction, preposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and in earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.לֹ֥אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…תַעֲשֽׂוּtaasvdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “do”, an unfinished actionH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

That which hath its stones bruised, or crushed, or torn, or cut, ye shall not offer unto the LORD; neither shall ye do thus in your land.

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American Standard Version (1901)

That which hath its stones bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut, ye shall not offer unto Jehovah; neither shall ye do thus in your land.

Young’s Literal Translation

As to a bruised, or beaten, or enlarged, or cut thing — ye do not bring [it] near to Jehovah; even in your land ye do not do it.

World English Bible

You must not offer to Yahweh that which has its testicles bruised, crushed, broken, or cut. You must not do this in your land.

Darby Translation

That which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut shall ye not present to Jehovah; neither in your land shall ye do [the like].

Douay-Rheims

You shall not offer to the Lord any beast that hath the testicles bruised, or crushed, or cut and taken away: neither shall you do any such thing in your land.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

That which hath its stones bruised, or crushed, or torn, or cut, ye shall not offer unto the LORD; neither shall ye do thus in your land.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

That which has broken testicles, or is crushed or gelt or mutilated,—thou shalt not offer them to the Lord, neither shall ye sacrifice them upon your land.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Θλαδίαν καὶ ἐκτεθλιμμένον καὶ ἐκτομίαν καὶ ἀπεσπασμένον, οὐ προσάξεις αὐτὰ τῷ Κυρίῳ, καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὑμῶν οὐ ποιήσετε.