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Exodus 21:2 — King James Version← Study notes

If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.


Exodus 21:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 21:211 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
תִקְנֶהtiqənehErect
עֶבֶדʿevedServant
עִבְרִיʿivərîEberite
שֵׁשׁšēšSix
שָׁנִיםšānîmYear
יַעֲבֹדyaʿăvōdWork
וּבַשְּׁבִעִתûvašəviʿitAnd in seventh
יֵצֵאyēṣēʾGo
לַחָפְשִׁיlaḥāp̄əšîTo exempt
חִנָּםḥināmGratis
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
תִקְנֶהtiqənehErect
עֶבֶדʿevedServant
עִבְרִיʿivərîEberite
שֵׁשׁšēšSix
שָׁנִיםšānîmYear
יַעֲבֹדyaʿăvōdWork
וּבַשְּׁבִעִתûvašəviʿitAnd in seventh
יֵצֵאyēṣēʾGo
לַחָפְשִׁיlaḥāp̄əšîTo exempt
חִנָּםḥināmGratis

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