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He shall beיִהְיֶהwith youעִמָּךְas a hired worker,כְּשָׂכִירas a temporary resident;כְּתוֹשָׁבhe shall serveיַעֲבֹדwith youעִמָּךְuntilעַדthe yearשְׁנַתof jubilee.הַיֹּבֵל
Leviticus 25:40
Study it in the app“He shall be with you as a hired worker, as a temporary resident; he shall serve with you until the year of jubilee.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 25:40, word by word
- He shall beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- as a hired workerשָׂכִירsachir
hired worker
Hired worker: a laborer paid by the day or by the year.
Where else “sachir” appears- as a temporary residentתוֹשָׁבtoshav
sojourner, settler
Sojourner, settler: someone who lives in a place without being from there or owning land.
Where else “toshav” appears- he shall serveיַעֲבֹדyaavod
serve
To serve a person.
Where else “yaavod” appears- the yearשְׁנַתshenat
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appears- of jubileeיֹּבֵלyovel
jubilee
The fiftieth year, of freedom, when each returned to his land.
Where else “yovel” appears
The context
39And if your brother becomes poor with you and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve the service of a slave.
40 · This verse (above)
41Then he shall go out from you, he and his sons with him, and return to his clan, and to the possession of his fathers he shall return.