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Whenכִּיyou buyתִקְנֶהa Hebrewעִבְרִיslave,עֶבֶדsixשֵׁשׁyearsשָׁנִיםhe shall serve,יַעֲבֹדand in the seventhוּבַשְּׁבִעִתhe shall go outיֵצֵאfree,לַחָפְשִׁיwithout payment.חִנָּם
Exodus 21:2
Study it in the app“When you buy a Hebrew slave, six years he shall serve, and in the seventh he shall go out free, without payment.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 21:2, word by word
- you buyתִקְנֶהtikne
buy
To give silver in order to become the owner of something.
Where else “tikne” appears- a Hebrewעִבְרִיivri
Hebrew
Hebrew: a descendant of Eber; the name that other peoples gave to Abram and to the Israelites.
Where else “ivri” appears- slaveעֶבֶדeved
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “eved” 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- he shall serveיַעֲבֹדyaavod
serve
To serve a person.
Where else “yaavod” appears- and in the seventhשְּׁבִעִתsheviit
seventh
Seventh.
Where else “sheviit” appears- he shall go outיֵצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- freeחָפְשִׁיchafshi
free
Free: no longer a slave; also free from duties.
Where else “chafshi” appears- without paymentחִנָּםchinam
free
Free, at no cost.
Where else “chinam” appears
Translation note
Other laws about the Hebrew slave: Leviticus 25:39-43 and Deuteronomy 15:12-18.
The context
1“These are the rules that you are to set before them:
2 · This verse (above)
3If he comes in alone, he shall go out alone; if he has a wife, his wife shall go out with him.