Exodus 21:2

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• כִּ֤יfor

  kiH3588 →4482 times

• תִקְנֶה֙you will buy

  tiknehH7069 →

• עֶ֣בֶדa slave

  ʾevedH5650 →799 times

• עִבְרִ֔יHebrew

  ʾivriH5680 →34 times

• שֵׁ֥שׁsix

  sheshH8337 →216 times

• שָׁנִ֖יםyears

  shanimH8141 →877 times

• יַעֲבֹ֑דhe will serve

  yaavodH5647 →288 times

• וּבַ֨שְּׁבִעִ֔תand in the seventh [year]

  uvasheviitH7637 →98 times

• יֵצֵ֥אhe will go out

  yetze'H3318 →1067 times

• לַֽחָפְשִׁ֖יto <the> free [person]

  lachafeshiH2670 →17 times

• חִנָּֽם׃without paying

  chinamH2600 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  Deuteronomy 15:1

  At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.

  it leads to

  • Deuteronomy 31:10

    Then Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission of debt, during the Feast of Tabernacles,

  • Leviticus 25:2–4

    “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath to the LORD.

  • Exodus 23:10–11

    For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,

  • Luke 4:18–19

    “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight…

• Through

  Exodus 12:44

  But any slave who has been purchased may eat of it, after you have circumcised him.

  it leads to

  • Genesis 17:12–13

    Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.

  • Genesis 17:23

    On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God…

• Through

  Deuteronomy 15:18

  Do not regard it as a hardship to set your servant free, because his six years of service were worth twice the wages of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless…

  it leads to

  • Isaiah 21:16

    For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.

  • Luke 17:7–8

    Which of you whose servant comes in from plowing or shepherding in the field will say to him, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?