Exodus 21:8 — King James Version← Study notes
“If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.”
Exodus 21:8 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 21:816 words
אִםʾimLo!
רָעָהrāʿāhBad
בְּעֵינֵיbəʿênêIn eye
אֲדֹנֶיהָʾădōneyhāSovereign
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לאlʾNot
לוֹlwōTo
יְעָדָהּyəʿādāhFix
וְהֶפְדָּהּwəhep̄ədāhAnd sever
לְעַםləʿamTo people
נָכְרִיnāḵərîStrange
לֹאlōʾNot
יִמְשֹׁלyiməšōlRule
לְמָכְרָהּləmāḵərāhTo sell
בְּבִגְדוֹbəvigədwōIn cover
בָהּvāhIn
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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