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Exodus 21:24-27

24Eyeעַ֚יִן'A.yinH5869for eyeעַ֔יִן'A.yinH5869,toothשֵׁ֖ןshenH8127for toothשֵׁ֑ןShenH8127,handיָ֚דyadH3027for handיָ֔דYadH3027,footרֶ֖גֶלRe.gelH7272for footרָֽגֶל׃Ra.gelH7272,

25Burningכְּוִיָּה֙ke.vi.YahH3555for burningכְּוִיָּ֔הke.vi.YahH3555,woundפֶּ֖צַעPe.tza'H6482for woundפָּ֑צַעPa.tza'H6482,stripeחַבּוּרָ֕הcha.bu.RahH2250for stripeחַבּוּרָֽה׃ סcha.bu.RahH2250.

26And if a manאִ֜ישׁ'ishH376smiteיַכֶּ֨הya.KehH5221the eyeעֵ֥ין'einH5869of his servantעַבְדּ֛וֹav.DoH5650,or the eyeעֵ֥ין'einH5869of his maidאֲמָת֖וֹ'a.ma.ToH519,that it perishוְשִֽׁחֲתָ֑הּve.shi.cha.TahH7843;he shall let him goיְשַׁלְּחֶ֖נּוּye.shal.le.Che.nuH7971freeלַֽחָפְשִׁ֥יla.cha.fe.ShiH2670forתַּ֥חַתTa.chatH8478his eye’sעֵינֽוֹ׃ סei.NoH5869sake.

27And if he smiteיַפִּ֑ילya.PilH5307out his manservant’sעַבְדּ֛וֹav.DoH5650toothשֵׁ֥ןshenH8127,or his maidservant’sאֲמָת֖וֹ'a.ma.ToH519toothשֵׁ֥ןshenH8127;he shall let him goיְשַׁלְּחֶ֖נּוּye.shal.le.Che.nuH7971freeלַֽחָפְשִׁ֥יla.cha.fe.ShiH2670for his tooth’sשִׁנּֽוֹ׃ פshi.NoH8127sake.

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