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But ifוְאִםthe slaveהָעֶבֶדplainly says,אָמֹר יֹאמַר‘I loveאָהַבְתִּיmy master,אֶת אֲדֹנִיmy wife,אֶת אִשְׁתִּיand my sons;וְאֶת בָּנָיI will not go outלֹא אֵצֵאfree,’חָפְשִׁי
Exodus 21:5
Study it in the app“But if the slave plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my sons; I will not go out free,’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 21:5, word by word
- the slaveעֶבֶדeved
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “eved” appears- plainly saysאָמֹרamor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amor” appears- ‘I loveאָהַבְתִּיahavti
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ahavti” appears- my masterאֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears- my wifeאִשְׁתִּishti
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “ishti” appears- and my sonsבָּנָbana
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bana” appears- I will not go outאֵצֵאetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “etse” appears- free,’חָפְשִׁיchafshi
free
Free: no longer a slave; also free from duties.
Where else “chafshi” appears
The context
4If 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.
5 · This verse (above)
6then his master shall bring him before Elohim; he shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.