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As for your male slaveוְעַבְדְּךָand your female slaveוַאֲמָתְךָwhomאֲשֶׁרyou may have,יִהְיוּ לָךְfromמֵאֵתthe nationsהַגּוֹיִםthatאֲשֶׁרare around you,סְבִיבֹתֵיכֶםfrom themמֵהֶםyou may buyתִּקְנוּa male slaveעֶבֶדand a female slave.וְאָמָה
Leviticus 25:44
Study it in the app“As for your male slave and your female slave whom you may have, from the nations that are around you, from them you may buy a male slave and a female slave.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 25:44, word by word
- As for your male slaveעַבְדְּavd
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “avd” appears- and your female slaveאֲמָתְamat
female slave, maidservant
Female slave, maidservant.
Where else “amat” appears- you may haveיִהְיוּyihyu
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihyu” appears- the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- are around youסְבִיבֹתֵיsevivote
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “sevivote” appears- you may buyתִּקְנוּtiknu
buy
To give silver in order to become the owner of something.
Where else “tiknu” appears
The context
43You shall not rule over him with harshness, but you shall fear your Elohim.
44 · This verse (above)
45And also from the sons of the temporary residents who reside with you, from them you may buy, and from their clans that are with you, whom they have fathered in your land; and they may be yours as a possession.