Exodus

Exodus 21:2–3

²If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything. ³If he arrived alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrived with a wife, she is to leave with him.

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Exodus 21:2

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If	כִּ֤י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
you buy	תִקְנֶה֙	ṯiq·neh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H7069 get, acquire
a Hebrew	עִבְרִ֔י	‘iḇ·rî	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5680 Hebrew
servant	עֶ֣בֶד	‘e·ḇeḏ	Noun - masculine singular	H5650 slave, servant
he is to serve you	יַעֲבֹ֑ד	ya·‘ă·ḇōḏ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5647 work, serve
for six	שֵׁ֥שׁ	šêš	Number - feminine singular	H8337 six
years	שָׁנִ֖ים	šā·nîm	Noun - feminine plural	H8141 year
But in the seventh	וּבַ֨שְּׁבִעִ֔ת	ū·ḇaš·šə·ḇi·‘iṯ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Number - ordinal feminine singular	H7637 seventh
he shall go	יֵצֵ֥א	yê·ṣê	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3318 go or come out
free	לַֽחָפְשִׁ֖י	la·ḥā·p̄ə·šî	Preposition-l, Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H2670 free
without paying anything	חִנָּֽם׃	ḥin·nām	Adverb	H2600 out of favour

Exodus 21:3

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
he arrived alone	יָבֹ֖א	yā·ḇō	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
he is to leave alone	יֵצֵ֑א	yê·ṣê	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3318 go or come out
if	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
he	ה֔וּא	hū	Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
arrived with a wife	אִשָּׁה֙	’iš·šāh	Noun - feminine singular	H802 woman, wife, female
is to leave	וְיָצְאָ֥ה	wə·yā·ṣə·’āh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular	H3318 go or come out
with him	עִמּֽוֹ׃	‘im·mōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H5973 with

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Exodus 21:2 Deuteronomy 15:12–15 · Deuteronomy 15:18 · Exodus 12:44 · Jeremiah 34:8–17 · Deuteronomy 31:10 · Nehemiah 5:1–5 · Nehemiah 5:8 · Leviticus 25:39–45 · Deuteronomy 15:1 · Exodus 22:3

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.