Leviticus 22:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and its young both in one day.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשׁ֖וֹר אוֹ־שֶׂ֑ה אֹת֣וֹ וְאֶת־בְּנ֔וֹ לֹ֥א תִשְׁחֲט֖וּ בְּי֥וֹם אֶחָֽד׃

Transliteration

wə-šôr ʾô-śeh ʾōtô wə-ʾet-bənô lōʾ tišḥăṭû bə-yôm ʾeḥād

Grammar Details

*wə-šôr*: conjunction + noun masculine singular - and an ox
*ʾô*: conjunction - or
*śeh*: noun masculine singular - sheep/lamb
*ʾōtô*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine singular suffix - it
*wə-ʾet*: conjunction + direct object marker
*bənô*: noun masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - its young
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*tišḥăṭû*: Qal imperfect 2nd masculine plural - you shall slaughter
*bə-yôm*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct - in day
*ʾeḥād*: adjective masculine singular - one

Word Meanings

*šôr*: ox, bull, cattle
*śeh*: sheep, lamb
*bənô*: its young, its offspring, its calf/lamb
*tišḥăṭû*: you shall slaughter, you shall kill
*bə-yôm* *ʾeḥād*: in one day, on the same day

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Referenced Verses

Deut 22:6-7 : 6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young: 7 thou shalt surely let the dam go, but the young thou mayest take unto thyself; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.
Exod 23:19 : 19 The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring into the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in it mother's milk.
Exod 34:26 : 26 The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring unto the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
Deut 14:21 : 21 Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou mayest give it unto the sojourner that is within thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto a foreigner: for thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

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