Jeremiah 34:11
but later they changed their minds and took back the menservants and maidservants they had freed, and they forced them to become slaves again.
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ASV
but afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
KJV
But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
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14 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙ | vai.ya.Shu.vu | and they turned back | H7725 → |
| אַחֲרֵי־ | 'a.cha.rei- | after | H310 → |
| כֵ֔ן | Khen | thus | H3651 → |
| וַיָּשִׁ֗בוּ | vai.ya.Shi.vu | and they took back | H7725 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הָֽעֲבָדִים֙ | ha.'a.va.Dim | the [male] slaves | H5650 → |
| וְאֶת־ | ve.'Et | and <obj.> | H853 → |
| הַשְּׁפָח֔וֹת | ha.she.fa.Chot | the female slaves | H8198 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | 'a.Sher | whom | H834 → |
| שִׁלְּח֖וּ | shi.le.Chu | they had let go | H7971 → |
| חָפְשִׁ֑ים | cha.fe.Shim | free [people] | H2670 → |
| וַֽיִּכְבְּשׁ֔וּם | vai.yakh.bi.shum | and they subjugated them | H3533 → |
| לַעֲבָדִ֖ים | la.'a.va.Dim | for [male] slaves | H5650 → |
| וְלִשְׁפָחֽוֹת׃ ס | ve.lish.fa.Chot | and for female slaves | H8198 → |
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