Exodus
Exodus 21:2
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.
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 | 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 |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
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.