The Meaning of Exodus 21:5 Explained

Exodus 21:5

KJV: And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

YLT: And if the servant really say: I have loved my lord, my wife, and my sons -- I do not go out free;

Darby: But if the bondman shall say distinctly, I love my master, my wife, and my children, I will not go free;

ASV: But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And if the servant  shall plainly  say,  I love  my master,  my wife,  and my children;  I will not go out  free: 

What does Exodus 21:5 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Exodus 21

1  Laws for men servants
5  For the servant whose ear is bored
7  For women servants
12  For manslaughter
16  For kidnappers
17  For cursers of parents
18  For smiters
22  For a hurt by chance
28  For an ox that gores
33  For him who is an occasion of harm

What do the individual words in Exodus 21:5 mean?

But if plainly says the servant I love - my master my wife and my children not I will go out free
וְאִם־ אָמֹ֤ר יֹאמַר֙ הָעֶ֔בֶד אָהַ֙בְתִּי֙ אֶת־ אֲדֹנִ֔י אִשְׁתִּ֖י וְאֶת־ בָּנָ֑י לֹ֥א אֵצֵ֖א חָפְשִֽׁי

וְאִם־  But  if 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: אִם  
Sense: if.
אָמֹ֤ר  plainly 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive absolute
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
יֹאמַר֙  says 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
הָעֶ֔בֶד  the  servant 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֶבֶד  
Sense: slave, servant.
אָהַ֙בְתִּי֙  I  love 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: אָהַב  
Sense: to love.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
אֲדֹנִ֔י  my  master 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: אָדֹון  
Sense: firm, strong, lord, master.
אִשְׁתִּ֖י  my  wife 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
בָּנָ֑י  my  children 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אֵצֵ֖א  I  will  go  out 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
חָפְשִֽׁי  free 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: חָפְשִׁי  
Sense: free.

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