Jeremiah 34:9

“that each should let his slave and each his slave woman, the Hebrew man and the Hebrew woman, go free, so that no one should keep them as slaves, a Jew, his brother.”

Jeremiah 34:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 34:9, word by word

that eachאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

Where else “ish” appears
should letשַׁלַּחshalach

let go

To set free, release.

Where else “shalach” appears
his slaveעַבְדּavd

slave

A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.

Where else “avd” appears
his slave womanשִׁפְחָתshifchat

female slave, servant

Female slave, maidservant in the service of the lady of the house.

Where else “shifchat” appears
the Hebrew manעִבְרִיivri

Hebrew

Hebrew: a descendant of Eber; the name that other peoples gave to Abram and to the Israelites.

Where else “ivri” appears
go freeחָפְשִׁיםchafshim

free

Free: no longer a slave; also free from duties.

Where else “chafshim” appears
should keep them as slavesעֲבָדavad

enslave

To make others serve, enslave.

Where else “avad” appears
a Jewיהוּדִיyhudi

Jew, Judean

Jew: a person of Judah, first of the kingdom of Judah and then, in general, of the people descended from it. Its first appearance is 2 Kings 16:6, where it names the men of Judah who lived in Elath. It is frequent in Jeremiah, Nehemiah and Esther.

Where else “yhudi” appears
his brotherאָחִיachi

countryman

Someone of the same people, or a friend.

Where else “achi” appears

The context

8The word that came to Jeremiah from YHWH, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were in Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them,

9 · This verse (above)

10And all the princes and all the people obeyed, who had entered into the covenant that each should let his slave and each his slave woman go free, so as not to keep them as slaves any longer; they obeyed and let them go.

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