Exodus 21:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:”

Exodus 21:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 21:514 words

וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!

אָמֹרʾāmōrSay

יֹאמַרyōʾmarSay

הָעֶבֶדhāʿevedThe servant

אָהַבְתִּיʾāhavətîHave affection

אֶתʾet—

אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign

אֶתʾet—

אִשְׁתִּיʾišətîWoman

וְאֶתwəʾet—

בָּנָיbānāySon

לֹאlōʾNot

אֵצֵאʾēṣēʾGo

חָפְשִׁיḥāp̄əšîExempt

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!

אָמֹרʾāmōrSay

יֹאמַרyōʾmarSay

הָעֶבֶדhāʿevedThe servant

אָהַבְתִּיʾāhavətîHave affection

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אִשְׁתִּיʾišətîWoman

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בָּנָיbānāySon

לֹאlōʾNot

אֵצֵאʾēṣēʾGo

חָפְשִׁיḥāp̄əšîExempt

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