Exodus 23:9
“You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.This verse in the real world
Where
In what words
- לָחַץlâchatsproperly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to distress
- כִּיkîy(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often la
- גֵּרgêrproperly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshproperly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in
- יָדַעyâdaʻto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figurativel
- אֶרֶץʼeretsthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Exo 22:21, Deu 27:19, Mat 18:33, Deu 24:14–18, Exo 21:21, Psa 94:6, Heb 2:17–18, Deu 10:19