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Exodus 21:2

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Now these [are] the judgments which thou shalt set before them.	If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.	If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

If thou buy^H7069 an Hebrew^H5680 servant^H5650, six^H8337 years^H8141 he shall serve^H5647: and in the seventh^H7637 he shall go out^H3318 free^H2670 for nothing^H2600.

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Original Hebrew

כִּי תִקְנֶה עֶבֶד עִבְרִי שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים יַעֲבֹד וּבַשְּׁבִעִת יֵצֵא לַחָפְשִׁי חִנָּם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּ֤י	ki	H3588	HC	for
תִקְנֶה֙	tik.Neh	H7069	HVqi2ms	you will buy
עֶ֣בֶד	'E.ved	H5650	HNcmsa	a slave
עִבְרִ֔י	'iv.Ri	H5680	HNgmsa	Hebrew
שֵׁ֥שׁ	shesh	H8337	HAcfsa	six
שָׁנִ֖ים	sha.Nim	H8141	HNcfpa	years
יַעֲבֹ֑ד	ya.'a.Vod	H5647	HVqi3ms	he will serve
וּ/בַ֨/שְּׁבִעִ֔ת	u./Va./she.vi.'It	H7637	HC/Rd/Aofsa	and/ in the/ seventh (year)
יֵצֵ֥א	ye.Tze'	H3318	HVqi3ms	he will go out
לַֽ/חָפְשִׁ֖י	la./cha.fe.Shi	H2670	HRd/Aamsa	to (the)/ free (person)
חִנָּֽם	chi.Nam	H2600	HD	without paying

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H2600 — חִנָּם (chinnâm, khin-nawm'): from חֵן; gratis, i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantage; without a cause (cost, wages), causeless, to cost nothing, free(-ly), innocent, for nothing (nought, in vain.
• H2670 — חׇפְשִׁי (chophshîy, khof-shee'): from חָפַשׁ; exempt (from bondage, tax or care); free, liberty.
• H3318 — יָצָא (yâtsâʼ, yaw-tsaw'): a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.; [idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, [idiom] scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, [idiom] still, [idiom] surely, take forth (out), at any time, [idiom] to (and fro), utter.
• H5647 — עָבַד (ʻâbad, aw-bad'): a primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.; [idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
• H5650 — עֶבֶד (ʻebed, eh'-bed): from עָבַד; a servant; [idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
• H5680 — עִבְרִי (ʻIbrîy, ib-ree'): patronymic from עֵבֵר; an Eberite (i.e. Hebrew) or descendant of Eber; Hebrew(-ess, woman).
• H7069 — קָנָה (qânâh, kaw-naw'): a primitive root; to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own; attain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, [idiom] surely, [idiom] verily.
• H7637 — שְׁבִיעִי (shᵉbîyʻîy, sheb-ee-ee'): or שְׁבִעִי; ordinal from שִׁבְעִים; seventh; seventh (time).
• H8141 — שָׁנֶה (shâneh, shaw-neh'): (in plural or (feminine) שָׁנָה; from שָׁנָה; a year (as a revolution of time); [phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).
• H8337 — שֵׁשׁ (shêsh, shaysh): masculine שִׁשָּׁה; a primitive number; compare שׂוּשׂ; six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth; six(-teen, -teenth), sixth.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• an Hebrew — Genesis 27:28, Genesis 27:36, Exodus 12:44, Exodus 22:3, Leviticus 25:39-41, Leviticus 25:44, 2 Kings 4:1, Nehemiah 5:1-5, Nehemiah 5:8, Matthew 18:25, 1 Corinthians 6:20
• and in the — Leviticus 25:40-43, Leviticus 25:45, Deuteronomy 15:1, Deuteronomy 15:12-15, Deuteronomy 15:18, Deuteronomy 31:10, Jeremiah 34:8-17

Reciprocal references (6): Genesis 17:13, Exodus 21:7, Exodus 21:11, Leviticus 25:54, Deuteronomy 15:13, Romans 7:14

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: CREDITORS, FEAST OF SABBATICAL YEAR, THE
• Nave’s: CONTRACTS, CREDITOR, DEBTOR, ISRAEL, SABBATIC YEAR, SERVANT

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