King James Version
Exodus 21:5 in the King James Version says “And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: shall: Heb. sa...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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”
Exodus 21:5 · KJV
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
Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and my children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“I will not go out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
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