The Meaning of Exodus 22:13 Explained

Exodus 22:13

KJV: If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.

YLT: if it is certainly torn, he bringeth it in -- a witness; the torn thing he doth not repay.

Darby: If it have been torn in pieces, let him bring it as witness: he shall not make good what was torn.

ASV: If it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness: he shall not make good that which was torn.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

If it be torn in pieces,  [then] let him bring  it [for] witness,  [and] he shall not make good  that which was torn. 

What does Exodus 22:13 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Exodus 22

1  Of Theft
5  Of damage
7  Of trespasses
14  Of borrowing
16  Of fornication
18  Of witchcraft
19  Of bestiality
20  Of idolatry
21  Of strangers, widows, and fatherless
25  Of usury
26  Of pledges
28  Of reverence to magistrates
29  Of the first fruits
31  Of torn flesh

What do the individual words in Exodus 22:13 mean?

If to pieces it is torn [by a beast] [then] he shall bring it as evidence what was torn Not [and] he shall make good -
אִם־ טָרֹ֥ף יִטָּרֵ֖ף יְבִאֵ֣הוּ עֵ֑ד הַטְּרֵפָ֖ה לֹ֥א יְשַׁלֵּֽם פ

טָרֹ֥ף  to  pieces 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive absolute
Root: טָרַף  
Sense: to tear, rend, pluck.
יִטָּרֵ֖ף  it  is  torn  [by  a  beast] 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: טָרַף  
Sense: to tear, rend, pluck.
יְבִאֵ֣הוּ  [then]  he  shall  bring  it 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
עֵ֑ד  as  evidence 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: עֵד  
Sense: witness.
הַטְּרֵפָ֖ה  what  was  torn 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: טְרֵפָה  
Sense: that which is torn, animal torn (by beasts).
יְשַׁלֵּֽם  [and]  he  shall  make  good 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁלֵם  
Sense: .
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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