Exodus 21:26
If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.
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ASV
And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, and destroy it; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.
KJV
And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.
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15 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְכִֽי־ | ve.khi- | and if | H3588 → |
| יַכֶּ֨ה | ya.Keh | he will strike | H5221 → |
| אִ֜ישׁ | 'ish | anyone | H376 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| עֵ֥ין | 'ein | [the] eye of | H5869 → |
| עַבְדּ֛וֹ | av.Do | [male] slave his | H5650 → |
| אֽוֹ־ | 'ov- | or | H176 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| עֵ֥ין | 'ein | [the] eye of | H5869 → |
| אֲמָת֖וֹ | 'a.ma.To | female slave his | H519 → |
| וְשִֽׁחֲתָ֑הּ | ve.shi.cha.Tah | and he will destroy it | H7843 → |
| לַֽחָפְשִׁ֥י | la.cha.fe.Shi | to <the> free [person] | H2670 → |
| יְשַׁלְּחֶ֖נּוּ | ye.shal.le.Che.nu | he will set free him | H7971 → |
| תַּ֥חַת | Ta.chat | in place of | H8478 → |
| עֵינֽוֹ׃ ס | ei.No | eye his | H5869 → |
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