The Meaning of Deuteronomy 25:3 Explained

Deuteronomy 25:3

KJV: Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.

YLT: forty times he doth smite him -- he is not adding, lest, he is adding to smite him above these -- many stripes, and thy brother is lightly esteemed in thine eyes.

Darby: With forty stripes shall they beat him; they shall not exceed, lest, if they continue to beat him with many stripes above these, thy brother become despicable in thine eyes.

ASV: Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Forty  stripes  he may give him, [and] not exceed:  lest, [if] he should exceed,  and beat  him above these with many  stripes,  then thy brother  should seem vile  unto thee. 

What does Deuteronomy 25:3 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 25:3 mean?

Forty blows he may give him [and] no more lest he should exceed this and beat him above these blows with many and be humiliated your brother in your sight -
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים יַכֶּ֖נּוּ לֹ֣א יֹסִ֑יף פֶּן־ יֹסִ֨יף לְהַכֹּת֤וֹ עַל־ אֵ֙לֶּה֙ מַכָּ֣ה רַבָּ֔ה וְנִקְלָ֥ה אָחִ֖יךָ לְעֵינֶֽיךָ ס

אַרְבָּעִ֥ים  Forty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: אַרְבָּעִים  
Sense: forty.
יַכֶּ֖נּוּ  blows  he  may  give  him 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: נָכָה  
Sense: to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill.
לֹ֣א  [and]  no 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יֹסִ֑יף  more 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָסַף 
Sense: to add, increase, do again.
פֶּן־  lest 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: פֶּן  
Sense: lest, not, beware lest adv.
יֹסִ֨יף  he  should  exceed  this 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָסַף 
Sense: to add, increase, do again.
לְהַכֹּת֤וֹ  and  beat  him 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct, third person masculine singular
Root: נָכָה  
Sense: to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill.
עַל־  above 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
אֵ֙לֶּה֙  these 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
מַכָּ֣ה  blows 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: מַכָּה  
Sense: blow, wound, slaughter.
רַבָּ֔ה  with  many 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: רַב 
Sense: much, many, great.
וְנִקְלָ֥ה  and  be  humiliated 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: קָלָה  
Sense: to disgrace, dishonour, be lightly esteemed, be dishonoured, be despised.
אָחִ֖יךָ  your  brother 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.
לְעֵינֶֽיךָ  in  your  sight 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, cdc, second person masculine singular
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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