Deuteronomy 25:3
He may sentence him to no more than forty stripes. He shall not give more, lest if he should give more and beat him more than that many stripes, then your brother will be degraded in your sight.This verse in the real world
In what words
- קָלָהqâlâhto be light (as implied in rapid motion), but figuratively, only (be (causatively, hold) i
- מַכָּהmakkâha wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence
- אַרְבָּעִיםʼarbâʻîymforty
- יָסַףyâçaphto add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
- רַבrababundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
- נָכָהnâkâhto strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
- אָחʼâcha brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or r
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.