Hebrew Interlinear

Deuteronomy 15:17 Interlinear

Then thou shalt take an aul and thrust it through his ear unto the door and he shall be thy servant for ever And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְלָֽקַחְתָּ֣H3947Then thou shalt taketo take (in the widest variety of applications)
2אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
3הַמַּרְצֵ֗עַH4836an aulan awl
4וְנָֽתַתָּ֤הH5414and thrustto give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
5בְאָזְנוֹ֙H241it through his earbroadness. i.e., (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
6וּבַדֶּ֔לֶתH1817unto the doorsomething swinging, i.e., the valve of a door
7וְהָיָ֥הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
8לְךָ֖H0
9עֶ֣בֶדH5650and he shall be thy servanta servant
10עוֹלָ֑םH5769for everproperly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
11וְאַ֥ףH637meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though
12לַאֲמָֽתְךָ֖H519And also unto thy maidservanta maid-servant or female slave
13תַּֽעֲשֶׂהH6213thou shalt doto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
14כֵּֽן׃H3651properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner

Verse Context

Deuteronomy 15:16 And it shall be if he say unto thee I will not go away...
Deuteronomy 15:17 (current)Then thou shalt take an aul and thrust it through his ear unto the door and he shall be thy servant for ever And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do
Deuteronomy 15:18 It shall not seem hard unto thee when thou sendest him away free...

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