And ifוְכִיthe handיַדof a resident alienגֵּרor a temporary residentוְתוֹשָׁבwith youעִמָּךְprospers,תַשִּׂיגand your brotherוּ אָחִיךָbecomes poorמָךְbeside himעִמּוֹand sells himselfוְנִמְכַּרto the resident alien,לְגֵרthe temporary residentתּוֹשָׁבwith you,עִמָּךְorאוֹto a descendantלְעֵקֶרof the clanמִשְׁפַּחַתof a resident alien,גֵּר
Leviticus 25:47
Study it in the app“And 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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 25:47, word by word
- the handיַדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- of a resident alienגֵּרger
resident alien
Foreigner who lives in a land that is not his own, without the rights of those who belong to the place.
Where else “ger” appears- or a temporary residentתוֹשָׁבtoshav
sojourner, settler
Sojourner, settler: someone who lives in a place without being from there or owning land.
Where else “toshav” appears- prospersתַשִּׂיגtasig
reach
To get hold of, have sufficient.
Where else “tasig” appears- and your brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- becomes poorמָךְmach
become poor
Become poor, fall on hard times.
Where else “mach” appears- and sells himselfנִמְכַּרnimkar
sell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “nimkar” appears- to a descendantעֵקֶרeker
offshoot (of a family)
An offshoot of a family, a descendant. It appears only in Leviticus 25:47.
Where else “eker” appears- of the clanמִשְׁפַּחַתmishpachat
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpachat” appears
The context
46And 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.
47 · This verse (above)
48after he has sold himself he shall have redemption; one of his brothers may redeem him,