The Meaning of Exodus 21:36 Explained

Exodus 21:36

KJV: Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.

YLT: or, it hath been known that the ox is one accustomed to gore heretofore, and its owner doth not watch it, he certainly repayeth ox for ox, and the dead is his.

Darby: Or if it be known that the ox have gored heretofore, and its owner have not kept him in, he shall in any case restore ox for ox; and the dead shall be his.

ASV: Or if it be known that the ox was wont to gore in time past, and its owner hath not kept it in, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead beast'shall be his own.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Or if it be known  that the ox  hath used to push  in time past,  and his owner  hath not kept  him in; he shall surely  pay  ox  for ox;  and the dead  shall be his own. 

What does Exodus 21:36 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 21:36 mean?

Or if it was known that the ox tended to thrust it in time past and not has kept it confined its owner surely he shall pay ox for ox and the dead animal shall be his own -
א֣וֹ נוֹדַ֗ע כִּ֠י שׁ֣וֹר נַגָּ֥ח הוּא֙ מִתְּמ֣וֹל שִׁלְשֹׁ֔ם וְלֹ֥א יִשְׁמְרֶ֖נּוּ בְּעָלָ֑יו שַׁלֵּ֨ם יְשַׁלֵּ֥ם שׁוֹר֙ תַּ֣חַת הַשּׁ֔וֹר וְהַמֵּ֖ת יִֽהְיֶה־ לּֽוֹ ס

נוֹדַ֗ע  if  it  was  known 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
כִּ֠י  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
שׁ֣וֹר  the  ox 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֹׁור  
Sense: ox, bull, a head of cattle.
נַגָּ֥ח  tended  to  thrust 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: נַגָּח  
Sense: addicted to goring, apt to gore.
שִׁלְשֹׁ֔ם  time  past 
Parse: Adverb
Root: שִׁלְשֹׁום  
Sense: day before yesterday, three days ago.
וְלֹ֥א  and  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יִשְׁמְרֶ֖נּוּ  has  kept  it  confined 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁמַר  
Sense: to keep, guard, observe, give heed.
בְּעָלָ֑יו  its  owner 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בָּעַל 
Sense: owner, husband, lord.
שַׁלֵּ֨ם  surely 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Infinitive absolute
Root: שָׁלֵם  
Sense: .
יְשַׁלֵּ֥ם  he  shall  pay 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁלֵם  
Sense: .
שׁוֹר֙  ox 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֹׁור  
Sense: ox, bull, a head of cattle.
הַשּׁ֔וֹר  ox 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֹׁור  
Sense: ox, bull, a head of cattle.
וְהַמֵּ֖ת  and  the  dead  animal 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
יִֽהְיֶה־  shall  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לּֽוֹ  his  own 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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