King James Version
Exodus 21:3 in the King James Version says “If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married , then his wife shall go out with him. by himse...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married , then his wife shall go out with him. by himself: Heb. with his body”
Exodus 21:3 · KJV
Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married , then his wife shall go out with him. by himself: Heb. with his body
If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.
And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: shall: Heb. saying shall say
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used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“he shall go out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“if he were married”
H1167a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“he shall go out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
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