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Exodus 20:17

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Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.	Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour's.	And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw [it], they removed, and stood afar off.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt not covet^H2530 thy neighbour's^H7453 house^H1004, thou shalt not covet^H2530 thy neighbour's^H7453 wife^H802, nor his manservant^H5650, nor his maidservant^H519, nor his ox^H7794, nor his ass^H2543, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's^H7453.

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Original Hebrew

לֹא תַחְמֹד בֵּית רֵעֶךָ לֹא־תַחְמֹד אֵשֶׁת רֵעֶךָ וְעַבְדֹּו וַאֲמָתֹו וְשֹׁורֹו וַחֲמֹרֹו וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר לְרֵעֶךָ׃ פ

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
לֹ֥א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
תַחְמֹ֖ד	tach.Mod	H2530	HVqi2ms	you must covet
בֵּ֣ית	beit	H1004	HNcmsc	(the) house of
רֵעֶ֑/ךָ	re.'E./kha	H7453	HNcmsc/Sp2ms	neighbor/ your
לֹֽא	lo'-	H3808	HTn	not
תַחְמֹ֞ד	tach.Mod	H2530	HVqi2ms	you must covet
אֵ֣שֶׁת	'E.shet	H802	HNcfsc	(the) wife of
רֵעֶ֗/ךָ	re.'E./kha	H7453	HNcmsc/Sp2ms	neighbor/ your
וְ/עַבְדּ֤/וֹ	ve./'av.D/o	H5650	HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms	and/ (male) servant/ his
וַ/אֲמָת/וֹ֙	va./'a.ma.T/o	H519	HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms	and/ female servant/ his
וְ/שׁוֹר֣/וֹ	ve./sho.R/o	H7794	HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms	and/ ox/ his
וַ/חֲמֹר֔/וֹ	va./cha.mo.R/o	H2543	HC/Ncbsc/Sp3ms	and/ donkey/ his
וְ/כֹ֖ל	ve./Khol	H3605	HC/Ncmsa	and/ all
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	that
לְ/רֵעֶֽ/ךָ	le./re.'E./kha	H7453	HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms	(belongs) to/ neighbor/ your

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

Strong's References

• H519 — אָמָה (ʼâmâh, aw-maw'): apparently a primitive word; a maidservant or female slave; (hand-) bondmaid(-woman), maid(-servant).
• H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
• H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
• H2530 — חָמַד (châmad, khaw-mad'): a primitive root; to delight in; beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, ([idiom] great) delight, desire, goodly, lust, (be) pleasant (thing), precious (thing).
• H2543 — חֲמוֹר (chămôwr, kham-ore'): or (shortened) חֲמֹר; from חָמַר; a male ass (from its dun red); (he) ass.
• H5650 — עֶבֶד (ʻebed, eh'-bed): from עָבַד; a servant; [idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
• H7453 — רֵעַ (rêaʻ, ray'-ah): or רֵיעַ; from רָעָה; an associate (more or less close); brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, [idiom] (an-) other.
• H7794 — שׁוֹר (shôwr, shore): from שׁוּר; a bullock (as a traveller); bull(-ock), cow, ox, wall (by mistake for שׁוּר).

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

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• 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).
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (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 truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

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