that eachלְ אִישׁshould letשַׁלַּחhis slaveאֶת עַבְדּוֹand eachוְאִישׁhis slave woman,אֶת שִׁפְחָתוֹthe Hebrew manהָעִבְרִיand the Hebrew woman,וְהָעִבְרִיָּהgo free,שַׁלַּח חָפְשִׁיםso that no oneלְבִלְתִּי אִישׁshould keep them as slaves,עֲבָד בָּםa Jew,בִּיהוּדִיhis brother.אָחִיהוּ
Jeremiah 34:9
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.