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Exodus 21:4 — King James Version← Study notes

If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.


Exodus 21:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 21:417 words
אִםʾimLo!
אֲדֹנָיוʾădōnāywSovereign
יִתֶּןyitenGive
לוֹlwōTo
אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman
וְיָלְדָהwəyālədāhAnd bear young
לוֹlwōTo
בָנִיםvānîmSon
אוֹʾwōDesire
בָנוֹתvānwōtDaughter
הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman
וִילָדֶיהָwîlādeyhāAnd something born
תִּהְיֶהtihəyehExist
לַאדֹנֶיהָlaʾdōneyhāTo sovereign
וְהוּאwəhûʾAnd he
יֵצֵאyēṣēʾGo
בְגַפּוֹvəgapwōIn back
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

אִםʾimLo!
אֲדֹנָיוʾădōnāywSovereign
יִתֶּןyitenGive
לוֹlwōTo
אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman
וְיָלְדָהwəyālədāhAnd bear young
לוֹlwōTo
בָנִיםvānîmSon
אוֹʾwōDesire
בָנוֹתvānwōtDaughter
הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman
וִילָדֶיהָwîlādeyhāAnd something born
תִּהְיֶהtihəyehExist
לַאדֹנֶיהָlaʾdōneyhāTo sovereign
וְהוּאwəhûʾAnd he
יֵצֵאyēṣēʾGo
בְגַפּוֹvəgapwōIn back

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