At the endמִקֵּץof sevenשֶׁבַעyearsשָׁנִיםyou shall let go,תְּשַׁלְּחוּeach one,אִישׁhis brotherאֶת אָחִיוthe Hebrew,הָעִבְרִיwhoאֲשֶׁרhas been soldיִמָּכֵרto youלְךָand has served youוַעֲבָדְךָsixשֵׁשׁyears;שָׁנִיםand you shall let him goוְשִׁלַּחְתּוֹfreeחָפְשִׁיfrom you.מֵעִמָּךְButוְyour fathersאֲבוֹתֵיכֶםdid notלֹאlistenשָׁמְעוּto me,אֵלַיnorוְלֹאinclineהִטּוּtheir ear.אֶת אָזְנָם
Jeremiah 34:14
Study it in the app“At the end of seven years you shall let go, each one, his brother the Hebrew, who has been sold to you and has served you six years; and you shall let him go free from you. But your fathers did not listen to me, nor incline their ear.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 34:14, word by word
- At the endקֵּץkets
end
What comes when something finishes: "some days later".
Where else “kets” appears- of sevenשֶׁבַעsheva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appears- yearsשָׁנִיםshanim
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appears- you shall let goתְּשַׁלְּחוּteshalchu
let go
To set free, release.
Where else “teshalchu” appears- each oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- his brotherאָחִיachi
countryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “achi” appears- the Hebrewעִבְרִיivri
Hebrew
Hebrew: a descendant of Eber; the name that other peoples gave to Abram and to the Israelites.
Where else “ivri” appears- has been soldיִמָּכֵרyimacher
sell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “yimacher” appears- and has served youעֲבָדְavad
serve
To serve a person.
Where else “avad” appears- sixשֵׁשׁshesh
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shesh” appears- freeחָפְשִׁיchafshi
free
Free: no longer a slave; also free from duties.
Where else “chafshi” appears- your fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- listenשָׁמְעוּshamu
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shamu” appears- inclineהִטּוּhitu
incline
To turn the ear or the heart toward someone or something.
Where else “hitu” appears- their earאָזְנָazna
hearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “azna” appears
Translation note
Cf. Exodus 21:2; Deuteronomy 15:12.
The context
13“Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel: I made a covenant with your fathers on the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slaves, saying:
14 · This verse (above)
15And you had turned back today, and had done what is right in my eyes, proclaiming liberty, each one to his neighbor, and you had made a covenant before me in the house over which my name is called.