The Meaning of Exodus 21:30 Explained

Exodus 21:30

KJV: If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

YLT: 'If atonement is laid upon him, then he hath given the ransom of his life, according to all that is laid upon him;

Darby: If there be imposed on him a satisfaction, then he shall give the ransom of his life, according to what is imposed on him.

ASV: If there be laid on him a ransom, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

If there be laid  on him a sum of money,  then he shall give  for the ransom  of his life  whatsoever is laid  upon him. 

What does Exodus 21:30 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Exodus 21

1  Laws for men servants
5  For the servant whose ear is bored
7  For women servants
12  For manslaughter
16  For kidnappers
17  For cursers of parents
18  For smiters
22  For a hurt by chance
28  For an ox that gores
33  For him who is an occasion of harm

What do the individual words in Exodus 21:30 mean?

If a sum of money there is imposed on him then he shall pay to redeem his life all that is imposed on him
אִם־ כֹּ֖פֶר יוּשַׁ֣ת עָלָ֑יו וְנָתַן֙ פִּדְיֹ֣ן נַפְשׁ֔וֹ כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־ יוּשַׁ֖ת עָלָֽיו

כֹּ֖פֶר  a  sum  of  money 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּפֶר 
Sense: price of a life, ransom, bribe.
יוּשַׁ֣ת  there  is  imposed 
Parse: Verb, QalPass, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שִׁית  
Sense: to put, set.
עָלָ֑יו  on  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
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.
וְנָתַן֙  then  he  shall  pay 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
פִּדְיֹ֣ן  to  redeem 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: פִּדְיׄום 
Sense: ransom, redemption.
נַפְשׁ֔וֹ  his  life 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
אֲשֶׁר־  that 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
יוּשַׁ֖ת  is  imposed 
Parse: Verb, QalPass, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שִׁית  
Sense: to put, set.
עָלָֽיו  on  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
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.

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