The Meaning of Deuteronomy 21:22 Explained

Deuteronomy 21:22

KJV: And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:

YLT: And when there is in a man a sin -- a cause of death, and he hath been put to death, and thou hast hanged him on a tree,

Darby: And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou have hanged him on a tree,

ASV: And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And if a man  have committed a sin  worthy of  death,  and he be to be put to death,  and thou hang  him on a tree: 

What does Deuteronomy 21:22 Mean?

Verse Meaning

This section opens and closes with references to death ( Deuteronomy 21:22; Deuteronomy 22:8) placing it within the legislation dealing with the sixth commandment. [1]

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 21

1  The Atonement for an Unsolved Murder
10  The usage of a captive taken to wife
15  The firstborn is not to be disinherited upon private affection
18  A rebellious son is to be stoned to death
22  The malefactor must not hang all night on a tree

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 21:22 mean?

And if has committed a man a sin deserving of death and he is put to death and you hang him on a tree
וְכִֽי־ יִהְיֶ֣ה בְאִ֗ישׁ חֵ֛טְא מִשְׁפַּט־ מָ֖וֶת וְהוּמָ֑ת וְתָלִ֥יתָ אֹת֖וֹ עַל־ עֵֽץ

וְכִֽי־  And  if 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
יִהְיֶ֣ה  has  committed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
בְאִ֗ישׁ  a  man 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
חֵ֛טְא  a  sin 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: חֵטְא  
Sense: sin.
מִשְׁפַּט־  deserving 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.
מָ֖וֶת  of  death 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָוֶת  
Sense: death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead.
וְהוּמָ֑ת  and  he  is  put  to  death 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hofal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
וְתָלִ֥יתָ  and  you  hang 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: תָּלָה  
Sense: to hang.
עֵֽץ  a  tree 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֵץ  
Sense: tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows.