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Exodus 22:2

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If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.	If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, [there shall] no blood [be shed] for him.	If the sun be risen upon him, [there shall be] blood [shed] for him; [for] he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

If a thief^H1590 be found^H4672 breaking up^H4290, and be smitten^H5221 that he die^H4191, there shall no blood^H1818 be shed for him.

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Original Hebrew

אִם־זָרְחָה הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ עָלָיו דָּמִים לֹו שַׁלֵּם יְשַׁלֵּם אִם־אֵין לֹו וְנִמְכַּר בִּגְנֵבָתֹו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אִם	'im-	H518	HC	if
זָרְחָ֥ה	za.re.Chah	H2224	HVqp3fs	it has risen
הַ/שֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ	ha./She.mesh	H8121	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ sun
עָלָ֖י/ו	'a.La/v	H5921	HR/Sp3ms	on/ him
דָּמִ֣ים	da.Mim	H1818	HNcmpa	blood(s)
ל֑/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	(will be) for (the)/ him
שַׁלֵּ֣ם	sha.Lem	H7999	HVpa	certainly (make restitution)
יְשַׁלֵּ֔ם	ye.sha.Lem	H7999	HVpi3ms	he will make restitution
אִם	'im-	H518	HC	if
אֵ֣ין	'ein	H369	HTn	nothing
ל֔/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	(belongs) to (the)/ him
וְ/נִמְכַּ֖ר	ve./nim.Kar	H4376	HC/VNq3ms	and/ he will be sold
בִּ/גְנֵבָתֽ/וֹ	bi/g.ne.va.T/o	H1591	HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms	for/ theft/ his

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

Strong's References

• H1590 — גַּנָּב (gannâb, gaw-nab'): from גָּנַב; a stealer; thief.
• 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.
• H4191 — מוּת (mûwth, mooth): a primitive root; to 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) wise.
• H4290 — מַחְתֶּרֶת (machtereth, makh-teh'-reth): from חָתַר; a burglary; figuratively, unexpected examination; breaking up, secret search.
• H4672 — מָצָא (mâtsâʼ, maw-tsaw'): a primitive root; properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present; [phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), [idiom] occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
• 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.

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

• H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן.
• H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.
• H1591 — גְּנֵבָה (gᵉnêbâh, ghen-ay-baw'): from גָּנַב; stealing, i.e. (concretely) something stolen; theft.
• H2224 — זָרַח (zârach, zaw-rakh'): a primitive root; properly, to irradiate (or shoot forth beams), i.e. to rise (as the sun); specifically, to appear (as a symptom of leprosy); arise, rise (up), as soon as it is up.
• H4376 — מָכַר (mâkar, maw-kar'): a primitive root; to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender); [idiom] at all, sell (away, -er, self).
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, 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, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
• H7999 — שָׁלַם (shâlam, shaw-lam'): a primitive root; to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications); make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-) pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, [idiom] surely.
• H8121 — שֶׁמֶשׁ (shemesh, sheh'-mesh): from an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement; [phrase] east side(-ward), sun (rising), [phrase] west(-ward), window. See also בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ.

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