Numbers 35:16

WEB

“‘But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death.

BSB

If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.

KJV

And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

Hebrew interlinear

H518

אִםʼim/eem/

prt — lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

Derivation: a primitive particle;

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

KJV: (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), + but, either, + except, + more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, + save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, + surely (no more, none, not), though, + of a truth, + unless, + verily, when, whereas, whether, while, + yet.

אִם

conj — if

אִם conj.

1. hypoth. part. if

2. Interrog. part.

כִּי אם־

relative conjunction

כִּי אם־

1. each part. retaining its independent force, and relating to a different clause:

a. that if

b. for if

2. (About 140 t.) the two particles being closely conjoined, and relating to the same clause—

a. limiting the prec. clause, except

b. the if being neglected, and treated as pleonastic, so that the clause is no longer a limitation of the preceding clause but a contradiction of it: but rather, but

c. after an oath, surely

H3627

כְּלִיkᵉlîy/kel-ee'/

n-m — prepared, apparatus

Derivation: from 3615;

something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)

KJV: armour(-bearer), artillery, bag, carriage, furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, × one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, whatsoever.

כְּלִי

n.m — article

כְּלִי 324 n.m. article, utensil, vessel

H1270

בַּרְזֶלbarzel/bar-zel'/

n-m — iron, iron implement

Derivation: perhaps from the root of 1269;

iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement

KJV: (ax) head, iron.

בַּרְזֶל

n.m — iron

בַּרְזֶל n.m. iron

1. iron, lit.

2. tool of iron

3. iron in fig. of unwatered earth

H5221

נָכָהnâkâh/naw-kaw'/

v — strike

Derivation: a primitive root;

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

KJV: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), × go forward, × indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, × surely, wound.

נָכָה

vb — smite

[נָכָה] 501 vb. smite (not in Qal)

Niph. and he shall be smitten [struck by weapon in battle] and die

Pu. both be smitten down by the hail

Hiph.

1.

a. lit., smite (with a single, non-fatal, blow), strike

b. smite repeatedly, beat a man

c. and they clapped hands (in applause)

d. give a thrust (with fork) into pot; strike roots

e. rarely smite (in battle) so as (merely) to wound

f. smite, of sun

2. Smite fatally

3. Smite = attack, attack and destroy a company

4. Of God

a. smite with a plague, disease, etc.

b. smite = chastise, or send judgment upon

c. of God’s destroying palaces

Hoph. be smitten

H4191

מוּתmûwth/mooth/

v — die, kill

Derivation: a primitive root;

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

KJV: × at all, × crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), × must needs, slay, × surely, × very suddenly, × in (no) wise.

מוּת

vb — die

מוּת vb. die

Qal

1. die, of natural or other causes

2. die as a penalty = be put to death

Po‛lel. kill, put to death, despatch (intens.)

Hiph.

1. abs., elsewhere c. acc., subj. man

2. subj. God, by inflicting penalty

3. of animals killing men

4. bring to a premature death

Hoph. be killed, put to death

H7523

רָצַחrâtsach/raw-tsakh'/

v — dash, kill, murder

Derivation: a primitive root;

properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder

KJV: put to death, kill, (man-) slay(-er), murder(-er).

רָצַח

vb — murder

רָצַח vb. murder, slay

Qal murder, slay, with premeditation

Niph. I shall be slain

Pi. (intens.) murder, assassinate

Pu. ye murder

H1931

הוּאhûwʼ/hoo/

p — he, she, it, self, same, this, that, as, are

Derivation: of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; he a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular;

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are

KJV: he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.

הוּא

m — he

הוּא m. הִיא f., pron. of the 3rd ps. sing. he, she, used also (in both genders) for the neuter it

1. an emph. he (she, it, they), sometimes equivalent to himself (herself, itself, themselves), or (esp. with the art.) that (those)

2. It resumes the subj. with emph.

3. Where, however, the pron. follows the pred., its position gives it the minimum of emphasis, and it expresses (or resumes) the subject as unobtrusively as possible

4. It anticipates (as it seems) the subject

5. As an emph. predicate, of God

6. In a neuter sense, that, it (of an action, occurrence, matte, etc.)

7. With the art.: so regularly when joined to a subst. defined itself by the art.

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