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Deuteronomy 27:25

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Cursed [be] he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.	Cursed [be] he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.	Cursed [be] he that confirmeth not [all] the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Cursed^H779 be he that taketh^H3947 reward^H7810 to slay^H5221 an innocent^H5355 person^{H5315 H1818}. And all the people^H5971 shall say^H559, Amen^H543.

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Original Hebrew

אָרוּר לֹקֵחַ שֹׁחַד לְהַכֹּות נֶפֶשׁ דָּם נָקִי וְאָמַר כָּל־הָעָם אָמֵן׃ ס

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אָרוּר֙	'a.Rur	H779	HVqsmsa	(is) cursed
לֹקֵ֣חַ	lo.Ke.ach	H3947	HVqrmsa	(one who) takes
שֹׁ֔חַד	Sho.chad	H7810	HNcmsa	a bribe
לְ/הַכּ֥וֹת	le./ha.Kot	H5221	HR/Vhc	to/ strike down
נֶ֖פֶשׁ	Ne.fesh	H5315	HNcbsc	a person of
דָּ֣ם	dam	H1818	HNcmsa	blood
נָקִ֑י	na.Ki	H5355	HAamsa	innocent
וְ/אָמַ֥ר	ve./'a.Mar	H559	HC/Vqq3ms	and/ it will say
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	all
הָ/עָ֖ם	ha./'Am	H5971	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ people
אָמֵֽן	'a.Men	H543	HD	amen

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H543 — אָמֵן (ʼâmên, aw-mane'): from אָמַן; sure; abstract, faithfulness; adverb, truly; Amen, so be it, truth.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H779 — אָרַר (ʼârar, aw-rar'): a primitive root; to execrate; [idiom] bitterly curse.
• H1818 — דָּם (dâm, dawm): from דָּמַם (compare אָדַם); blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood); blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H5221 — נָכָה (nâkâh, naw-kaw'): a primitive root; to 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.
• H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, neh'-fesh): from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
• H5355 — נָקִי (nâqîy, naw-kee'): or נָקִיא; (Joel 4:19; Jonah [1:14), from נָקָה; innocent; blameless, clean, clear, exempted, free, guiltless, innocent, quit.
• H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
• H7810 — שַׁחַד (shachad, shakh'-ad): from שָׁחַד; a donation (venal or redemptive); bribe(-ry), gift, present, reward.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

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