Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 15:12

¹²If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold^b to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free.

Footnotes

b 15:12 Or sells himself

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Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
a fellow	אָחִ֣יךָ	’ā·ḥî·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H251 brother
Hebrew	הָֽעִבְרִ֗י	hā·‘iḇ·rî	Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5680 Hebrew
a man or	א֚וֹ	’ōw	Conjunction	H176 or
a woman	הָֽעִבְרִיָּ֔ה	hā·‘iḇ·rî·yāh	Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H5680 Hebrew
is sold	יִמָּכֵ֨ר	yim·mā·ḵêr	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H4376 sell
to you	לְךָ֜	lə·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular
and serves you	וַעֲבָֽדְךָ֖	wa·‘ă·ḇā·ḏə·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular	H5647 work, serve
six	שֵׁ֣שׁ	šêš	Number - feminine singular construct	H8337 six
years	שָׁנִ֑ים	šā·nîm	Noun - feminine plural	H8141 year
then in the seventh	הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔ת	haš·šə·ḇî·‘iṯ	Article; Number - ordinal feminine singular	H7637 seventh
year	וּבַשָּׁנָה֙	ū·ḇaš·šā·nāh	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H8141 year
you must set him	תְּשַׁלְּחֶ֥נּוּ	tə·šal·lə·ḥen·nū	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H7971 send
free	חָפְשִׁ֖י	ḥā·p̄ə·šî	Adjective - masculine singular	H2670 free

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Jeremiah 34:14 · Leviticus 25:39–41 · Exodus 21:2–6 · John 8:35–36 · Deuteronomy 15:1

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.