Study it in the app“It shall not seem hard in your eyes when you let him go free from you, for twice the wages of a hired worker he has served you six years; and YHWH your Elohim will bless you in all that you do.”
It shall notלֹאseem hardיִקְשֶׁהin your eyesבְעֵינֶךָwhen you letבְּשַׁלֵּחֲךָhimאֹתוֹgo freeחָפְשִׁיfrom you,מֵעִמָּךְforכִּיtwiceמִשְׁנֶהthe wagesשְׂכַרof a hired workerשָׂכִירhe has served youעֲבָדְךָsixשֵׁשׁyears;שָׁנִיםand YHWHוּ יְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָwill bless youבֵרַכְךָin allבְּכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרyou do.תַּעֲשֶׂה
be hard
To be heavy to bear, or severe.
Where else “yikshe” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appearslet go
To set free, release.
Where else “shaleach” appearsfree
Free: no longer a slave; also free from duties.
Where else “chafshi” appearsdouble
Twice the amount.
Where else “mishne” appearswages
What is given to someone for the work he did, in money or goods.
Where else “sechar” appearshired worker
Hired worker: a laborer paid by the day or by the year.
Where else “sachir” appearsserve
To serve a person.
Where else “avad” appearssix
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shesh” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsbless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “verach” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taase” appearsThat is: in six years he gave you twice the work of what you would have paid a hired worker.
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.
18 · This verse (above)
19Every firstborn male that is born in your herd and in your flock you shall consecrate to YHWH your Elohim; you shall not work with the firstborn of your ox, and you shall not shear the firstborn of your flock.
