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But ifוְהָיָה כִּיhe saysיֹאמַרto you,אֵלֶיךָ“I will notלֹאgo outאֵצֵאfrom you,”מֵעִמָּךְbecauseכִּיhe loves youאֲהֵבְךָand your household,וְאֶת בֵּיתֶךָbecauseכִּיit is goodטוֹבfor himלוֹwith you,עִמָּךְ
Deuteronomy 15:16
Study it in the app“But if he says to you, “I will not go out from you,” because he loves you and your household, because it is good for him with you,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 15:16, word by word
- But ifהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- he saysיֹאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- go outאֵצֵאetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “etse” appears- he loves youאֲהֵבְahev
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ahev” appears- and your householdבֵּיתֶbete
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bete” appears- it is goodטוֹבtov
go well
That things turn out well, that it goes favorably for someone.
Where else “tov” appears
The context
15And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and YHWH your Elohim redeemed you; therefore I am commanding you this thing today.
16 · This verse (above)
17then you shall take the awl and put it through his ear into the door, and he shall be your slave forever. And also to your female slave you shall do the same.