But if they obey
shama` (shaw-mah')
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
not they shall perish
`abar (aw-bar')
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
by the sword
shelach (sheh'-lakh)
a missile of attack, i.e. spear; also (figuratively) a shoot of growth; i.e. branch -- dart, plant, put off, sword, weapon.
and they shall die
gava` (gaw-vah')
to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire -- die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish.
without knowledge
da`ath (dah'-ath)
knowledge -- cunning, (ig-)norantly, know(-ledge), (un-)awares (wittingly).
