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Exodus 21:6 — King James Version← Study notes

Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.


Exodus 21:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 21:617 words
וְהִגִּישׁוֹwəhigîšwōAnd be
אֲדֹנָיוʾădōnāywSovereign
אֶלʾelNear
הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God
וְהִגִּישׁוֹwəhigîšwōAnd be
אֶלʾelNear
הַדֶּלֶתhadeletThe something swinging
אוֹʾwōDesire
אֶלʾelNear
הַמְּזוּזָהhaməzûzāhThe door-post
וְרָצַעwərāṣaʿAnd pierce
אֲדֹנָיוʾădōnāywSovereign
אֶתʾet
אָזְנוֹʾāzənwōBroadness
בַּמַּרְצֵעַbamarəṣēʿaIn awl
וַעֲבָדוֹwaʿăvādwōAnd work
לְעֹלָםləʿōlāmTo concealed
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהִגִּישׁוֹwəhigîšwōAnd be
אֲדֹנָיוʾădōnāywSovereign
אֶלʾelNear
הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God
וְהִגִּישׁוֹwəhigîšwōAnd be
אֶלʾelNear
הַדֶּלֶתhadeletThe something swinging
אוֹʾwōDesire
אֶלʾelNear
הַמְּזוּזָהhaməzûzāhThe door-post
וְרָצַעwərāṣaʿAnd pierce
אֲדֹנָיוʾădōnāywSovereign
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אָזְנוֹʾāzənwōBroadness
בַּמַּרְצֵעַbamarəṣēʿaIn awl
וַעֲבָדוֹwaʿăvādwōAnd work
לְעֹלָםləʿōlāmTo concealed

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