The Meaning of Exodus 22:23 Explained

Exodus 22:23

KJV: If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

YLT: if thou dost really afflict him, surely if he at all cry unto Me, I certainly hear his cry;

Darby: If thou afflict him in any way, if he cry at all unto me, I will certainly hear his cry;

ASV: If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

If  thou afflict  them in any wise,  and they cry  at all  unto me, I will surely  hear  their cry; 

What does Exodus 22:23 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 22:23 mean?

If in any way you afflict them for at all they cry to Me surely I will hear their cry
אִם־ עַנֵּ֥ה תְעַנֶּ֖ה אֹת֑וֹ כִּ֣י צָעֹ֤ק יִצְעַק֙ אֵלַ֔י שָׁמֹ֥עַ אֶשְׁמַ֖ע צַעֲקָתֽוֹ

עַנֵּ֥ה  in  any  way 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Infinitive absolute
Root: עָנָה 
Sense: (Qal) to be occupied, be busied with.
תְעַנֶּ֖ה  you  afflict 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: עָנָה 
Sense: (Qal) to be occupied, be busied with.
צָעֹ֤ק  at  all 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive absolute
Root: צָעַק  
Sense: to cry, cry out, call, cry for help.
יִצְעַק֙  they  cry 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: צָעַק  
Sense: to cry, cry out, call, cry for help.
אֵלַ֔י  to  Me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
שָׁמֹ֥עַ  surely 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive absolute
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
אֶשְׁמַ֖ע  I  will  hear 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
צַעֲקָתֽוֹ  their  cry 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: צְעָקָה  
Sense: cry, outcry.