Exo 23:4 | NETfull | STEP | “If you encounter your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, you must by all means return it to him.

Exodus 23:4

4 “If you encounter ^{▼▼ Heb “meet” (so KJV, ASV, NASB).} your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, you must by all means return ^{▼▼ The construction uses the imperfect tense (taken here as an obligatory imperfect) and the infinitive absolute for emphasis.} it to him.