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Exodus 21:27 — King James Version← Study notes

And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.


Exodus 21:27Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 21:2711 words
וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
שֵׁןšēnTooth
עַבְדּוֹʿavədwōServant
אוֹʾwōDesire
שֵׁןšēnTooth
אֲמָתוֹʾămātwōMaid-servant
יַפִּילyapîlFall
לַחָפְשִׁיlaḥāp̄əšîTo exempt
יְשַׁלְּחֶנּוּyəšaləḥenûSend
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
שִׁנּוֹšinwōTooth
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
שֵׁןšēnTooth
עַבְדּוֹʿavədwōServant
אוֹʾwōDesire
שֵׁןšēnTooth
אֲמָתוֹʾămātwōMaid-servant
יַפִּילyapîlFall
לַחָפְשִׁיlaḥāp̄əšîTo exempt
יְשַׁלְּחֶנּוּyəšaləḥenûSend
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
שִׁנּוֹšinwōTooth

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