--- title: "Bullinger" description: "the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4 . lying = fallen down. man. Hebrew." image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/deuteronomy/21" --- **the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 . **God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 . **lying** = fallen down. **man.** Hebrew. *'ish.* See App-14 . **rough valley** = ravine, or rough gully. **eared** = ploughed. Old English idiom. **strike off** = behead, or break the neck. **the priests the sons of Levi.** See note on [Deuteronomy 17:9](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/17/9) . **word.** Hebrew mouth. Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), App-6 , for what is uttered by it. **stroke** = punishment. Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Species), App-6 . Compare [Deuteronomy 17:8](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/17/8) . **tried.** Better to supply "settled", or "decided". **he.** Compare [Genesis 49:3](../../../kjv/genesis/49/3) . **strength.** Hebrew. *'avon. Homonym =* strength, here and [Genesis 49:3](../../../kjv/genesis/49/3) and [Job 31:25](../../../kjv/job/31/25) (Authorized Version "wealth"); but = suffering, &c, in [Genesis 35:18](../../../kjv/genesis/35/18) (margin) [Deuteronomy 26:14](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/26/14) , and [Hosea 9:4](../../../kjv/hosea/9/4) . **his.** Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "his therefore". **Be merciful** = Be propitious, or make expiation or atonement. **innocent blood.** Put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Species), for the guilt which shed it. See App-6 . **shall be** = shall assuredly be. **put away, &c.** See note on [Deuteronomy 13:5](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/13/5) . **guilt of innocent blood** = blood-guiltiness, blood being put for guilt. See note on [Deuteronomy 21:8](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/21/8) . **hands.** Hebrew text reads "hand"; but some codices, with The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, and Syriac, read "hands", as Authorized Version. **raiment of her captivity** = mantle in which she was taken captive. "Of" = Genitive of relation (see App-17 ). **a full month.** Hebrew = a moon of days. husband. Hebrew Baal, or lord. Compare first occurrence of verb, [Genesis 20:3](../../../kjv/genesis/20/3) . **whither she will** = according to her soul. Hebrew. *nephesh.* See App-13 . **make merchandise.** Hebrew. *'amar.* In this sense, only here and [Deuteronomy 24:7](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/24/7) . **If** . Compare [1 Samuel 1:2](../../../kjv/1-samuel/1/2) . [2 Chronicles 24:3](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/24/3) **when.** Hebrew in the day. See App-18 . **stubborn** = rebellious. **rebellious** = refractory. **the gate:** i.e. the place of judgment. **glutton, &c.** Compare [Matthew 11:19](../../../kjv/matthew/11/19) . **men.** Hebrew, plural of *ish* , or *'enosh.* App-14 . **hang** = hang up: i.e. after putting to death, not to put to death by hanging. **a tree** = timber: i.e. a wooden stake. Compare [Joshua 8:29](../../../kjv/joshua/8/29) ; [Joshua 10:26](../../../kjv/joshua/10/26) , [Joshua 10:27](../../../kjv/joshua/10/27) . [Galatians 1:3](../../../kjv/galatians/1/3) , [Galatians 1:13](../../../kjv/galatians/1/13) . **accursed** = a curse. Compare [Numbers 25:4](../../../kjv/numbers/25/4) . [2 Samuel 21:6](../../../kjv/2-samuel/21/6) . **land** = soil. 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