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Ifאִםhis masterאֲדֹנָיוgivesיִתֶּןhimלוֹa wifeאִשָּׁהand she bearsוְיָלְדָהhimלוֹsonsבָנִיםorאוֹdaughters,בָנוֹתthe wifeהָאִשָּׁהand her childrenוִילָדֶיהָshall belongתִּהְיֶהto her master,לַאדֹנֶיהָand heוְהוּאshall go outיֵצֵאalone.בְגַפּוֹ
Exodus 21:4
Study it in the app“If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall belong to her master, and he shall go out alone.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 21:4, word by word
- his masterאֲדֹנָיadonay
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adonay” appears- givesיִתֶּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- a wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears- and she bearsיָלְדָהyalda
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yalda” appears- sonsבָנִיםvanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanim” appears- daughtersבָנוֹתvanot
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vanot” appears- and her childrenילָדֶיylade
son
A son or daughter of someone; his direct offspring.
Where else “ylade” appears- shall belongתִּהְיֶהtihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihye” appears- shall go outיֵצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- aloneגַפּgap
alone
By oneself.
Where else “gap” appears
The context
3If he comes in alone, he shall go out alone; if he has a wife, his wife shall go out with him.
4 · This verse (above)
5But if the slave plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my sons; I will not go out free,’