The Meaning of Exodus 21:4 Explained

Exodus 21:4

KJV: 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.

YLT: if his lord give to him a wife, and she hath borne to him sons or daughters -- the wife and her children are her lord's, and he goeth out by himself.

Darby: If his master have given him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out alone.

ASV: If his master give him a wife and she bear him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Exodus 21:4 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 21:4 mean?

If his master has given him a wife and she has borne sons or daughters the wife and her children shall be of her master and he shall go out by himself
אִם־ אֲדֹנָיו֙ יִתֶּן־ ל֣וֹ אִשָּׁ֔ה וְיָלְדָה־ בָנִ֖ים א֣וֹ בָנ֑וֹת הָאִשָּׁ֣ה וִילָדֶ֗יהָ תִּהְיֶה֙ לַֽאדֹנֶ֔יהָ וְה֖וּא יֵצֵ֥א בְגַפּֽוֹ

אֲדֹנָיו֙  his  master 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָדֹון  
Sense: firm, strong, lord, master.
יִתֶּן־  has  given 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
אִשָּׁ֔ה  a  wife 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
וְיָלְדָה־  and  she  has  borne 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
בָנִ֖ים  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
בָנ֑וֹת  daughters 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
הָאִשָּׁ֣ה  the  wife 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
וִילָדֶ֗יהָ  and  her  children 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: יֶלֶד  
Sense: child, son, boy, offspring, youth.
תִּהְיֶה֙  shall  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לַֽאדֹנֶ֔יהָ  of  her  master 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: אָדֹון  
Sense: firm, strong, lord, master.
וְה֖וּא  and  he 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
יֵצֵ֥א  shall  go  out 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
בְגַפּֽוֹ  by  himself 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: גַּף 
Sense: body, self (only in phrase, eg by himself).

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