Leviticus 25:46

“And you may bequeath them to your sons after you to inherit as a possession; forever you may make them serve; but over your brothers, the sons of Israel, one over another you shall not rule with harshness.”

Leviticus 25:46 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 25:46, word by word

And you may bequeathהִתְנַחֲלְתֶּםhitnachaltem

apportion

To distribute the land as an inheritance among those who will receive it.

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to your sonsבְנֵיvene

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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to inheritרֶשֶׁתreshet

inherit

To receive a land or goods as an inheritance, from fathers to sons.

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as a possessionאֲחֻזָּהachuza

possession

Possession: land that someone holds as his own.

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foreverעֹלָםolam

forever

Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.

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you may make them serveתַּעֲבֹדוּtaavodu

enslave

To make others serve, enslave.

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but over your brothersאַחֵיache

countryman

Someone of the same people, or a friend.

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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oneאִישׁish

each

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

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ruleתִרְדֶּהtirde

rule

To hold sway, govern.

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with harshnessפָרֶךְfarech

harshness

Harshness, cruelty with which someone is made to work.

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The context

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.

46 · This verse (above)

47And if the hand of a resident alien or a temporary resident with you prospers, and your brother becomes poor beside him and sells himself to the resident alien, the temporary resident with you, or to a descendant of the clan of a resident alien,

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