(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedיִמָּצֵ֣א
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be presentחָלָ֗ל
châlâl
pierced (especially to death); figuratively, pollutedבָּאֲדָמָה֙
ʼădâmâh
in/with/by — soil (from its general redness)אֲשֶׁר֩
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.יְהוָ֨ה
Yᵉhôvâh
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of Godאֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeנֹתֵ֤ן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)לְךָ֙
le-
to/for you/your (m.s.)לְרִשְׁתָּ֔הּ
yârash
to/for — to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruinנֹפֵ֖ל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה
sâdeh
in/with/by — a field (as flat)לֹ֥א
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particlesנוֹדַ֖ע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)מִ֥י
mîy
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixהִכָּֽהוּ
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
Deuteronomy 21:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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“If someone is found slain, lying in the field, in the land which the Lord your God gives you to possess, and it is not known who has killed him,
When a murder victim is found and the killer is unknown, the nearest town performs a ritual - a heifer's neck broken, hands washed over it - to formally clear itself of guilt it never asked to carry. Even an unsolved crime gets a way to keep blood from silently accumulating on the land.
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Today's memory verse · from this session
““If someone is found slain, lying in the field, in the land which the Lord your God gives you to possess, and it is not known who has killed him,”
When a murder victim is found and the killer is unknown, the nearest town performs a ritual - a heifer's neck broken, hands washed over it - to formally clear itself of guilt it never asked to carry. Even an unsolved crime gets a way to keep blood from silently accumulating on the land.