Exodus 21:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.”

Exodus 21:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 21:710 words

וְכִיwəḵîAnd relative conjunction

יִמְכֹּרyiməkōrSell

אִישׁʾîšMan

אֶתʾet—

בִּתּוֹbitwōDaughter

לְאָמָהləʾāmāhTo maid-servant

לֹאlōʾNot

תֵצֵאtēṣēʾGo

כְּצֵאתkəṣēʾtLike go

הָעֲבָדִיםhāʿăvādîmThe servant

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְכִיwəḵîAnd relative conjunction

יִמְכֹּרyiməkōrSell

אִישׁʾîšMan

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בִּתּוֹbitwōDaughter

לְאָמָהləʾāmāhTo maid-servant

לֹאlōʾNot

תֵצֵאtēṣēʾGo

כְּצֵאתkəṣēʾtLike go

הָעֲבָדִיםhāʿăvādîmThe servant

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