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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
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֤יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
תִקְנֶה֙tiqəneh
you will buyverbH7069
buy · teach to keep cattle · get · provoke to jealousy ···
עֶ֣בֶדʿebed
a slavenounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
עִבְרִ֔יʿibəriy
HebrewnounH5680
woman)
שֵׁ֥שׁšēš
sixadjH8337
-teenth) · sixth
שָׁנִ֖יםšāniym
yearsnounH8141
whole age · long · old
יַעֲבֹ֑דyaʿăbōd
he will serveverbH5647
be · be bondmen · bond-service · compel ···
וּ/בַ֨/שְּׁבִעִ֔תwbašəbiʿit
and in the seventh yearconjH7637
יֵצֵ֥אyēṣēʾ
he will go outverbH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
לַֽ/חָפְשִׁ֖יlaḥāpəšiy
to free personpronH2670
liberty
חִנָּֽםḥinām
without payingadvH2600
wages) · causeless · to cost nothing · free ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Aisha MbekiNote1mo ago
The Slave Law That Abolished Slavery
The law of the Hebrew slave is sometimes read as God endorsing slavery, but scholars now recognize it as revolutionary - limiting slavery to six years maximum, with release and compensation guaranteed...
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