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Forכִּיtheyהֵםare my servants,עֲבָדַיwhomאֲשֶׁרI broughtהוֹצֵאתִיoutאֹתָםof the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egypt;מִצְרָיִםthey shall notלֹאbe soldיִמָּכְרוּas a slave is sold.מִמְכֶּרֶת עָבֶד
Leviticus 25:42
Study it in the app“For they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as a slave is sold.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 25:42, word by word
- are my servantsעֲבָדַavada
servant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avada” appears- I broughtהוֹצֵאתִיhotseti
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotseti” appears- of the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- be soldיִמָּכְרוּyimachru
sell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “yimachru” appears- as a slave is soldמִמְכֶּרֶתmimkeret
sale
Sale. It appears only in Leviticus 25:42.
Where else “mimkeret” appears
Translation note
Compare 1 Corinthians 7:23: “you were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.”
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
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.
42 · This verse (above)
43You shall not rule over him with harshness, but you shall fear your Elohim.