Ifכִּיyour brother,אָחִיךָa Hebrew manהָעִבְרִיorאוֹa Hebrew woman,הָעִבְרִיָּהis soldיִמָּכֵרto youלְךָand serves youוַעֲבָדְךָsixשֵׁשׁyears,שָׁנִיםthen in theוּבַseventhהַשְּׁבִיעִתyearשָּׁנָהyou shall let him goתְּשַׁלְּחֶנּוּfreeחָפְשִׁיfrom you.מֵעִמָּךְ
Deuteronomy 15:12
Study it in the app“If your brother, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.”
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Deuteronomy 15:12, word by word
- your brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- a Hebrew manעִבְרִיivri
Hebrew
Hebrew: a descendant of Eber; the name that other peoples gave to Abram and to the Israelites.
Where else “ivri” appears- is soldיִמָּכֵרyimacher
sell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “yimacher” appears- and serves youעֲבָדְavad
serve
To serve a person.
Where else “avad” appears- sixשֵׁשׁshesh
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shesh” appears- yearsשָׁנִיםshanim
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appears- seventhשְּׁבִיעִתsheviit
seventh
Seventh.
Where else “sheviit” appears- you shall let him goתְּשַׁלְּחֶteshalche
let go
To set free, release.
Where else “teshalche” appears- freeחָפְשִׁיchafshi
free
Free: no longer a slave; also free from duties.
Where else “chafshi” appears
The context
11For the needy one will never cease from the midst of the land; therefore I am commanding you, saying, “You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your poor, and to your needy in your land.”
12 · This verse (above)
13And when you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty-handed.