Jeremiah

Jeremiah 34:11

¹¹but later they changed their minds and took back the menservants and maidservants they had freed, and they forced them to become slaves again.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
but later	אַחֲרֵי־	’a·ḥă·rê-	Preposition	H310 behind
they changed their minds	וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙	way·yā·šū·ḇū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7725 turn back, return
and took back	וַיָּשִׁ֗בוּ	way·yā·ši·ḇū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7725 turn back, return
the menservants	הָֽעֲבָדִים֙	hā·‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H5650 slave, servant
and	וְאֶת־	wə·’eṯ-	Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker	H853 mark of the accusative
maidservants	הַשְּׁפָח֔וֹת	haš·šə·p̄ā·ḥō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H8198 maid, maid-servant
they had freed	שִׁלְּח֖וּ	šil·lə·ḥū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H7971 send
and they forced them	וַיַּכְבִּישׁוּם	way·yaḵ·bī·šūm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural; third person masculine plural	H3533 subdue, bring into bondage
to become slaves	לַעֲבָדִ֖ים	la·‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural	H5650 slave, servant
again	וְלִשְׁפָחֽוֹת׃ס	wə·liš·p̄ā·ḥō·wṯ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - feminine plural	H8198 maid, maid-servant

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