Jeremiah 34:9
that each man should free his Hebrew slaves, both male and female, and no one should hold his fellow Jew in bondage.
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ASV
that every man should let his man-servant, and every man his maid-servant, that is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should make bondmen of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.
KJV
That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.
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16 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| לְ֠שַׁלַּח | Le.sha.lach | to let go | H7971 → |
| אִ֣ישׁ | 'ish | everyone | H376 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| עַבְדּ֞וֹ | av.Do | [male] slave his | H5650 → |
| וְאִ֧ישׁ | ve.'Ish | and everyone | H376 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| שִׁפְחָת֛וֹ | shif.cha.To | female slave his | H8198 → |
| הָעִבְרִ֥י | ha.'iv.Ri | <the> Hebrew [masc] | H5680 → |
| וְהָעִבְרִיָּ֖ה | ve.ha.'iv.ri.Yah | and <the> Hebrew [fem] | H5680 → |
| חָפְשִׁ֑ים | cha.fe.Shim | free [people] | H2670 → |
| לְבִלְתִּ֧י | le.vil.Ti | to not | H1115 → |
| עֲבָד־ | 'a.vod- | to work | H5647 → |
| בָּ֛ם | bam | by <the> them | |
| בִּיהוּדִ֥י | bi.hu.Di | by a Jew | H3064 → |
| אָחִ֖יהוּ | 'a.Chi.hu | brother his | H251 → |
| אִֽישׁ׃ | 'Ish | anyone | H376 → |
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