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Exodus 21:2 Interlinear

“ If thou buy servant an Hebrew six years he shall serve and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing”

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Exodus 21 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	כִּ֤י	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2	תִקְנֶה֙	H7069	If thou buy	to erect, i.e., create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
3	עֶ֣בֶד	H5650	servant	a servant
4	עִבְרִ֔י	H5680	an Hebrew	an eberite (i.e., hebrew) or descendant of eber
5	שֵׁ֥שׁ	H8337	six	six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
6	שָׁנִ֖ים	H8141	years	a year (as a revolution of time)
7	יַֽעֲבֹ֑ד	H5647	he shall serve	to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc
8	וּבַ֨שְּׁבִעִ֔ת	H7637	and in the seventh	seventh
9	יֵצֵ֥א	H3318	he shall go out	to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
10	לַֽחָפְשִׁ֖י	H2670	free	exempt (from bondage, tax or care)
11	חִנָּֽם׃	H2600	for nothing	gratis, i.e., devoid of cost, reason or advantage

Exodus 21:2 (current) If thou buy servant an Hebrew six years he shall serve and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing