Jeremiah 34:11

Bible › Jeremiah › Chapter 34 › Verse 11

But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.but later they changed their minds and took back the menservants and maidservants they had freed, and they forced them to become slaves again.

In other translations

But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.but later they changed their minds and took back the menservants and maidservants they had freed, and they forced them to become slaves again.

Hebrew words

וַיָּשׁוּבוּvaiyashuvuand they turned backH7725אַחֲרֵי־'acharei-afterH310כֵןkhenthusH3651וַיָּשִׁבוּvaiyashivuand they took backH7725אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָעֲבָדִיםha'avadimthe [male] slavesH5650וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853הַשְּׁפָחוֹתhashefachotthe female slavesH8198אֲשֶׁר'asherwhomH834שִׁלְּחוּshilechuthey had let goH7971חָפְשִׁיםchafeshimfree [people]H2670וַיִּכְבְּשׁוּםvaiyakhbishumand they subjugated themH3533לַעֲבָדִיםla'avadimfor [male] slavesH5650וְלִשְׁפָחוֹת׃ סvelishfachotand for female slavesH8198

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