7{
"verseID": "Exodus.21.7",
"source": "וְכִי־יִמְכֹּר אִישׁ אֶת־בִּתּוֹ לְאָמָה לֹא תֵצֵא כְּצֵאת הָעֲבָדִים",
"text": "*wə-kî-yimkōr* *ʾîsh* *ʾet-bittô* *lə-ʾāmāh* *lōʾ* *tēṣēʾ* *kə-ṣēʾt* the *ʿabādîm*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-kî*": "conjunction + conjunction - and if/when",
"*yimkōr*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he sells",
"*ʾîsh*": "masculine singular noun - man",
"*ʾet-bittô*": "direct object marker + feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his daughter",
"*lə-ʾāmāh*": "preposition *lə* + feminine singular noun - as a female servant/maidservant",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*tēṣēʾ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she shall go out",
"*kə-ṣēʾt*": "preposition *kə* + qal infinitive construct - as the going out of",
"*ʿabādîm*": "masculine plural noun with definite article - the male servants"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾāmāh*": "female servant/maidservant/female slave",
"*tēṣēʾ*": "she shall go out/depart/be released",
"*kə-ṣēʾt ha-ʿabādîm*": "as the male servants go out/according to the release of male servants"
}
}
8{
"verseID": "Exodus.21.8",
"source": "אִם־רָעָה בְּעֵינֵי אֲדֹנֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר־לא לוֹ יְעָדָהּ וְהֶפְדָּהּ לְעַם נָכְרִי לֹא־יִמְשֹׁל לְמָכְרָהּ בְּבִגְדוֹ־בָהּ",
"text": "*ʾim-rāʿāh* *bə-ʿênê* *ʾadōnêhā* *ʾasher-lô* *yəʿādāh* *wə-hephdāh* *lə-ʿam* *nokrî* *lō-yimshōl* *lə-mokrāh* *bə-bigdô-bāh*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾim-rāʿāh*": "conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - if she is displeasing",
"*bə-ʿênê*": "preposition *bə* + feminine dual construct noun - in the eyes of",
"*ʾadōnêhā*": "masculine plural noun with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her master",
"*ʾasher-lô*": "relative pronoun + preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - who for himself",
"*yəʿādāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - he designated her",
"*wə-hephdāh*": "conjunction *wə* + hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - then he shall let her be redeemed",
"*lə-ʿam*": "preposition *lə* + masculine singular noun - to a people",
"*nokrî*": "masculine singular adjective - foreign",
"*lō-yimshōl*": "negative particle + qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he shall not have power",
"*lə-mokrāh*": "preposition *lə* + qal infinitive construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - to sell her",
"*bə-bigdô-bāh*": "preposition *bə* + qal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix + preposition *bə* with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - in his dealing treacherously with her"
},
"variants": {
"*rāʿāh*": "is displeasing/is evil/is bad",
"*yəʿādāh*": "designated her/appointed her/betrothed her",
"*hephdāh*": "let her be redeemed/allow her redemption",
"*lə-ʿam nokrî*": "to a foreign people/to strangers",
"*yimshōl*": "have power/have authority/have right",
"*bə-bigdô-bāh*": "in his dealing treacherously with her/in his breaking faith with her"
}
}
9{
"verseID": "Exodus.21.9",
"source": "וְאִם־לִבְנוֹ יִיעָדֶנָּה כְּמִשְׁפַּט הַבָּנוֹת יַעֲשֶׂה־לָּהּ",
"text": "*wə-ʾim-libnô* *yîʿādenāh* *kə-mishpaṭ* the *bānôt* *yaʿaśeh-lāh*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-ʾim*": "conjunction + conjunction - and if",
"*libnô*": "preposition *lə* + masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - for his son",
"*yîʿādenāh*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - he designates her",
"*kə-mishpaṭ*": "preposition *kə* + masculine singular construct noun - according to the custom of",
"*bānôt*": "feminine plural noun with definite article - the daughters",
"*yaʿaśeh-lāh*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + preposition with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - he shall do to her"
},
"variants": {
"*yîʿādenāh*": "designates her/betroths her/assigns her",
"*kə-mishpaṭ ha-bānôt*": "according to the custom of daughters/according to the law regarding daughters",
"*yaʿaśeh-lāh*": "he shall do to her/he shall treat her"
}
}
10{
"verseID": "Exodus.21.10",
"source": "אִם־אַחֶרֶת יִקַּח־לוֹ שְׁאֵרָהּ כְּסוּתָהּ וְעֹנָתָהּ לֹא יִגְרָע",
"text": "*ʾim-ʾacheret* *yiqqach-lô* *shəʾērāh* *kəsûtāh* *wə-ʿōnātāh* *lōʾ* *yigrāʿ*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾim*": "conjunction - if",
"*ʾacheret*": "feminine singular adjective - another",
"*yiqqach-lô*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he takes for himself",
"*shəʾērāh*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her food",
"*kəsûtāh*": "feminine singular noun with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her clothing",
"*wə-ʿōnātāh*": "conjunction *wə* + feminine singular noun with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and her marital rights",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*yigrāʿ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he shall diminish"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾacheret*": "another (woman)/another wife",
"*shəʾērāh*": "her food/her sustenance/her flesh",
"*kəsûtāh*": "her clothing/her covering",
"*ʿōnātāh*": "her marital rights/her conjugal rights/her dwelling",
"*yigrāʿ*": "diminish/withhold/reduce"
}
}
11{
"verseID": "Exodus.21.11",
"source": "וְאִם־שְׁלָשׁ־אֵלֶּה לֹא יַעֲשֶׂה לָהּ וְיָצְאָה חִנָּם אֵין כָּסֶף",
"text": "*wə-ʾim-shəlōsh-ʾēlleh* *lōʾ* *yaʿaśeh* *lāh* *wə-yāṣəʾāh* *chinnām* *ʾên* *kāsep*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-ʾim*": "conjunction + conjunction - and if",
"*shəlōsh-ʾēlleh*": "feminine cardinal number + demonstrative pronoun - these three",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*yaʿaśeh*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he does",
"*lāh*": "preposition with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - for her",
"*wə-yāṣəʾāh*": "conjunction *wə* + qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - then she shall go out",
"*chinnām*": "adverb - without payment/freely",
"*ʾên*": "particle of negation - without",
"*kāsep*": "masculine singular noun - silver/money"
},
"variants": {
"*shəlōsh-ʾēlleh*": "these three (things/obligations)",
"*yaʿaśeh*": "does/provides/fulfills",
"*yāṣəʾāh chinnām*": "she shall go out freely/she shall leave without payment",
"*ʾên kāsep*": "without money/without silver/no payment required"
}
}