The Meaning of Deuteronomy 25:12 Explained

Deuteronomy 25:12

KJV: Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.

YLT: then thou hast cut off her hand, thine eye doth not spare.

Darby: thou shalt cut off her hand; thine eye shall not spare.

ASV: then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then thou shalt cut off  her hand,  thine eye  shall not pity  [her]. 

What does Deuteronomy 25:12 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 25

1  Punishment must not exceed forty lashes
4  The ox is not to be muzzled
5  Of raising seed unto a brother
11  Of the immodest woman
13  Of unjust weights and measures
17  The memory of Amalek is to be blotted out

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 25:12 mean?

then you shall cut off - her hand not shall pity [her] your eye -
וְקַצֹּתָ֖ה אֶת־ כַּפָּ֑הּ לֹ֥א תָח֖וֹס עֵינֶֽךָ ס

וְקַצֹּתָ֖ה  then  you  shall  cut  off 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: קָצוּץ 
Sense: to cut off.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
כַּפָּ֑הּ  her  hand 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: כַּף  
Sense: palm, hand, sole, palm of the hand, hollow or flat of the hand.
תָח֖וֹס  shall  pity  [her] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: חוּס  
Sense: (Qal) to pity, have compassion, spare, look upon with compassion.
עֵינֶֽךָ  your  eye 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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