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 21:6 — Hebrew 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
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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