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If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself. (KJV)
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אִם\־'im-if
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if
Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518A; TAHOT Exodus 21:4 word 1
אֲדֹנָיו֙'a.do.Navmaster<s> his
Lemma: אָדוֹן (a.don) · Strong's: H0113
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: lord
Used 332 times. Also: Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:12, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 23:6, Genesis 23:11, Genesis 23:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0113; TAHOT Exodus 21:4 word 2
יִתֶּן\־yi.ten-he will give
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414O
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to give: give(marriage)
Used 45 times. Also: Genesis 29:26, Genesis 29:27, Genesis 29:28, Genesis 34:8, Genesis 34:9, Genesis 34:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414O; TAHOT Exodus 21:4 word 3
אִשָּׁ֔ה'i.Shaha wife
Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: woman: wife
Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT Exodus 21:4 word 4
וְיָלְדָה\־ve.Yal.dah-and she will bear
Lemma: יָלַד (ya.lad) · Strong's: H3205
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqq3fs)
Meaning: to beget
Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:18, Genesis 4:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3205; TAHOT Exodus 21:4 word 5
בָנִ֖יםva.Nimsons
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Exodus 21:4 word 6
א֣וֹ'oor
Lemma: אוֹ (o) · Strong's: H0176A
Parsing: Conjunction (HC)
Meaning: or
Used 320 times. Also: Genesis 24:49, Genesis 24:50, Genesis 24:55, Genesis 31:43, Genesis 44:8, Genesis 44:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0176A; TAHOT Exodus 21:4 word 7
בָנ֑וֹתva.Notdaughters
Lemma: בַּת (bat) · Strong's: H1323G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: daughter
Used 539 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1323G; TAHOT Exodus 21:4 word 8
הָאִשָּׁ֣הha.'i.Shahthe woman
Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: woman: wife
Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT Exodus 21:4 word 9
וִילָדֶ֗יהָvi.la.Dei.haand children her
Lemma: יֶ֫לֶד (ye.led) · Strong's: H3206
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: youth
Used 88 times. Also: Genesis 4:23, Genesis 21:8, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 21:15, Genesis 21:16, Genesis 30:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3206; TAHOT Exodus 21:4 word 10
תִּהְיֶה֙tih.Yehshe will belong
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Exodus 21:4 word 11
לַֽאדֹנֶ֔יהָla.do.Nei.hato master<s> her
Lemma: אָדוֹן (a.don) · Strong's: H0113
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: lord
Used 332 times. Also: Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:12, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 23:6, Genesis 23:11, Genesis 23:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0113; TAHOT Exodus 21:4 word 12
וְה֖וּאve.Hu'and he
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Exodus 21:4 word 13
יֵצֵ֥אye.Tze'he will go out
Lemma: יָצָא (ya.tsa) · Strong's: H3318G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to come out: come
Used 620 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:16, Genesis 8:18, Genesis 8:19, Genesis 9:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3318G; TAHOT Exodus 21:4 word 14
בְגַפּֽוֹ\׃ve.ga.Powith body his
Lemma: גַּף (gaph) · Strong's: H1610
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: single/height
Used 4 times. Also: Exodus 21:3, Proverbs 9:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1610; TAHOT Exodus 21:4 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| If | → | אִם H0518A if |
| his master | → | אָדוֹן H0113 lord |
| gives | → | נָתַן H5414O to give: give(marriage) |
| him | → | |
| a wife | → | אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife |
| and she bears | → | יָלַד H3205 to beget |
| him | → | |
| sons | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| or | → | אוֹ H0176A or |
| daughters | → | בַּת H1323G daughter |
| the woman | → | אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife |
| and her children | → | יֶ֫לֶד H3206 youth |
| shall belong to | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| her master | → | אָדוֹן H0113 lord |
| and [only] the man | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| shall go free | → | יָצָא H3318G to come out: come |
| . . . | → | גַּף H1610 single/height |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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