Exodus 21:26 — King James Version← Study notes

“And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.”

Exodus 21:26 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 21:2615 words

וְכִיwəḵîAnd relative conjunction

יַכֶּהyakehStrike

אִישׁʾîšMan

אֶתʾet—

עֵיןʿênEye

עַבְדּוֹʿavədwōServant

אוֹʾwōDesire

אֶתʾet—

עֵיןʿênEye

אֲמָתוֹʾămātwōMaid-servant

וְשִׁחֲתָהּwəšiḥătāhAnd decay

לַחָפְשִׁיlaḥāp̄əšîTo exempt

יְשַׁלְּחֶנּוּyəšaləḥenûSend

תַּחַתtaḥatBottom

עֵינוֹʿênwōEye

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְכִיwəḵîAnd relative conjunction

יַכֶּהyakehStrike

אִישׁʾîšMan

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

עֵיןʿênEye

עַבְדּוֹʿavədwōServant

אוֹʾwōDesire

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

עֵיןʿênEye

אֲמָתוֹʾămātwōMaid-servant

וְשִׁחֲתָהּwəšiḥătāhAnd decay

לַחָפְשִׁיlaḥāp̄əšîTo exempt

יְשַׁלְּחֶנּוּyəšaləḥenûSend

תַּחַתtaḥatBottom

עֵינוֹʿênwōEye

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