Verse 27

{ "verseID": "Exodus.21.27", "source": "וְאִם־שֵׁן עַבְדּוֹ אוֹ־שֵׁן אֲמָתוֹ יַפִּיל לַחָפְשִׁי יְשַׁלְּחֶנּוּ תַּחַת שִׁנּוֹ", "text": "*wə-ʾim-shēn* *ʿabdô* *ʾô-shēn* *ʾamātô* *yappîl* *la-chophshî* *yəshallĕchennû* *tachat* *shinnô*", "grammar": { "*wə-ʾim*": "conjunction + conjunction - and if", "*shēn*": "feminine construct noun - tooth of", "*ʿabdô*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his male servant", "*ʾô*": "conjunction - or", "*shēn*": "feminine construct noun - tooth of", "*ʾamātô*": "feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his female servant", "*yappîl*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he knocks out", "*la-chophshî*": "preposition *lə* + masculine singular noun - to freedom", "*yəshallĕchennû*": "piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he shall let him go", "*tachat*": "preposition - in place of", "*shinnô*": "feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his tooth" }, "variants": { "*yappîl*": "knocks out/causes to fall/removes", "*yəshallĕchennû la-chophshî*": "he shall let him go free/he shall release him as a free person", "*tachat shinnô*": "in place of his tooth/as compensation for his tooth" } }

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