‹ Chapter 22Exodus 23 of 40Chapter 24

Exodus 23:1

לֹ֥א
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
תִשָּׂ֖א
nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
שֵׁ֣מַע
shêmaʻ
something heard, i.e. a sound, rumor, announcement; abstractly, audience
שָׁ֑וְא
shâvᵉʼ
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)
אַל
ʼal
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
תָּ֤שֶׁת
shîyth
to place (in a very wide application)
יָֽדְךָ֙
yâd
a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows]
עִם
ʻim
adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)
רָשָׁ֔ע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
לִהְיֹ֖ת
hâyâh
to/for — to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
עֵ֥ד
ʻêd
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
חָמָֽס
châmâç
violence; by implication, wrong; by metonymy unjust gain
Exodus 23:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
AMPLIFIED · 1 of 3
“You shall not give a false report; you shall not join hands with the wicked to be a malicious witness [promoting wrong and violence].
Rabbi's unlock

No commentary yet for this passage — the library is still growing here.

Today's memory verse · from this session
“You shall not give a false report; you shall not join hands with the wicked to be a malicious witness [promoting wrong and violence].
Exodus 23:1
Ask Rabbi about this chapter