Jeremiah 34:10
So all the officials and all the people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their menservants and maidservants and no longer hold them in bondage. They obeyed and released them,
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ASV
And all the princes and all the people obeyed, that had entered into the covenant, that every one should let his man-servant, and every one his maid-servant, go free, that none should make bondmen of them any more; they obeyed, and let them go:
KJV
Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go.
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22 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ֩ | vai.yish.me.'U | and they obeyed | H8085 → |
| כָל־ | khol- | all | H3605 → |
| הַשָּׂרִ֨ים | ha.sa.Rim | the officials | H8269 → |
| וְכָל־ | ve.khol | and all | H3605 → |
| הָעָ֜ם | ha.'Am | the people | H5971 → |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | 'a.Sher- | who | H834 → |
| בָּ֣אוּ | Ba.'u | they went | H935 → |
| בַבְּרִ֗ית | va.be.Rit | in the covenant | H1285 → |
| לְ֠שַׁלַּח | Le.sha.lach | to let go | H7971 → |
| אִ֣ישׁ | 'ish | everyone | H376 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| עַבְדּ֞וֹ | av.Do | [male] slave his | H5650 → |
| וְאִ֤ישׁ | ve.'Ish | and everyone | H376 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| שִׁפְחָתוֹ֙ | shif.cha.To | female slave his | H8198 → |
| חָפְשִׁ֔ים | cha.fe.Shim | free [people] | H2670 → |
| לְבִלְתִּ֥י | le.vil.Ti | to not | H1115 → |
| עֲבָד־ | 'a.vod- | to work | H5647 → |
| בָּ֖ם | bam | by <the> them | |
| ע֑וֹד | od | again | H5750 → |
| וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֖וּ | vai.yish.me.'U | and they obeyed | H8085 → |
| וַיְשַׁלֵּֽחוּ׃ | vay.sha.Le.chu | and they let [them] go | H7971 → |
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