Exodus 21:26

Bible › Exodus › Chapter 21 › Verse 26

And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.

In other translations

And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.

Hebrew words

וְכִי־vekhi-and ifH3588יַכֶּהyakehhe will strikeH5221אִישׁ'ishanyoneH376אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853עֵין'ein[the] eye ofH5869עַבְדּוֹavdo[male] slave hisH5650אוֹ־'ov-orH176אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853עֵין'ein[the] eye ofH5869אֲמָתוֹ'amatofemale slave hisH519וְשִׁחֲתָהּveshichatahand he will destroy itH7843לַחָפְשִׁיlachafeshito <the> free [person]H2670יְשַׁלְּחֶנּוּyeshallechenuhe will set free himH7971תַּחַתtachatin place ofH8478עֵינוֹ׃ סeinoeye hisH5869

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