And you may bequeathוְהִתְנַחֲלְתֶּםthemאֹתָםto your sonsלִבְנֵיכֶםafter youאַחֲרֵיכֶםto inheritלָרֶשֶׁתas a possession;אֲחֻזָּהforeverלְעֹלָםyou may make them serve;בָּהֶם תַּעֲבֹדוּbut over your brothers,וּבְאַחֵיכֶםthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלoneאִישׁoverבְּanotherאָחִיוyou shall notלֹאruleתִרְדֶּהwith harshness.בוֹ בְּפָרֶךְ
Leviticus 25:46
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 25:46, word by word
- And you may bequeathהִתְנַחֲלְתֶּםhitnachaltem
apportion
To distribute the land as an inheritance among those who will receive it.
Where else “hitnachaltem” appears- to your sonsבְנֵיvene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appears- to inheritרֶשֶׁתreshet
inherit
To receive a land or goods as an inheritance, from fathers to sons.
Where else “reshet” appears- as a possessionאֲחֻזָּהachuza
possession
Possession: land that someone holds as his own.
Where else “achuza” appears- foreverעֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- you may make them serveתַּעֲבֹדוּtaavodu
enslave
To make others serve, enslave.
Where else “taavodu” appears- but over your brothersאַחֵיache
countryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “ache” appears- 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.
Where else “yisrael” appears- oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- ruleתִרְדֶּהtirde
rule
To hold sway, govern.
Where else “tirde” appears- with harshnessפָרֶךְfarech
harshness
Harshness, cruelty with which someone is made to work.
Where else “farech” appears
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,