Exodus 21:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

then his master shall bring him unto God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִגִּישׁוֹ אֲדֹנָיו אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִים וְהִגִּישׁוֹ אֶל־הַדֶּלֶת אוֹ אֶל־הַמְּזוּזָה וְרָצַע אֲדֹנָיו אֶת־אָזְנוֹ בַּמַּרְצֵעַ וַעֲבָדוֹ לְעֹלָם

Transliteration

wə-higgîshô ʾadōnāyw ʾel-hā-ʾĕlōhîm wə-higgîshô ʾel-ha-delet ʾô ʾel-ha-məzûzāh wə-rāṣaʿ ʾadōnāyw ʾet-ʾoznô ba-marṣēaʿ wa-ʿabādô lə-ʿōlām

Grammar Details

• *wə-higgîshô*: conjunction *wə* + hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and he shall bring him
• *ʾadōnāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his master
• *ʾel-hā-ʾĕlōhîm*: preposition + definite article + masculine plural noun - to the God/judges
• *ʾel-ha-delet*: preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - to the door
• *ʾô*: conjunction - or
• *ʾel-ha-məzûzāh*: preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - to the doorpost
• *wə-rāṣaʿ*: conjunction *wə* + qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he shall pierce
• *ʾet-ʾoznô*: direct object marker + feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his ear
• *ba-marṣēaʿ*: preposition *bə* + definite article + masculine singular noun - with the awl
• *wa-ʿabādô*: conjunction *wə* + qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and he shall serve him
• *lə-ʿōlām*: preposition *lə* + masculine singular noun - forever/permanently

Word Meanings

• *ʾel-hā-ʾĕlōhîm*: to God/to the judges/to the authorities/to the sanctuary
• *higgîshô*: bring him near/present him/bring him to
• *rāṣaʿ*: pierce/bore through
• *lə-ʿōlām*: forever/for a lifetime/permanently

Referenced Verses

• Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow.
• Exod 12:12 : 12 For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am Jehovah.
• Exod 18:21-26 : 21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: 22 and let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge themselves: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear [the burden] with thee. 23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people also shall go to their place in peace. 24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said. 25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
• Exod 21:22 : 22 And if men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart, and yet no harm follow; he shall be surely fined, according as the woman's husband shall lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
• Exod 22:8-9 : 8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall come near unto God, [to see] whether he have not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods. 9 For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, [or] for any manner of lost thing, whereof one saith, This is it, the cause of both parties shall come before God; he whom God shall condemn shall pay double unto his neighbor.
• Exod 22:28 : 28 Thou shalt not revile God, nor curse a ruler of thy people.
• Lev 25:23 : 23 And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is mine: for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
• Lev 25:40 : 40 As a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee; he shall serve with thee unto the year of jubilee:
• Num 25:5-8 : 5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that have joined themselves unto Baal-peor. 6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting. 7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand; 8 and he went after the man of Israel into the pavilion, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
• Deut 1:16 : 16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner that is with him.
• Deut 15:17 : 17 then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maid-servant thou shalt do likewise.
• Deut 16:18 : 18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, according to thy tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
• Deut 19:17-18 : 17 then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days; 18 and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother;
• 1 Sam 1:22 : 22 But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, [I will not go up] until the child be weaned; and then I will bring him, that he may appear before Jehovah, and there abide for ever.
• 1 Sam 8:1-2 : 1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. 2 Now the name of his first-born was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.
• 1 Sam 27:12 : 12 And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
• 1 Sam 28:2 : 2 And David said to Achish, Therefore thou shalt know what thy servant will do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of my head for ever.
• 1 Kgs 12:7 : 7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
• Ps 40:6-8 : 6 Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; Mine ears hast thou opened: Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required. 7 Then said I, Lo, I am come; In the roll of the book it is written of me: 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God; Yea, thy law is within my heart.
• Isa 1:26 : 26 and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called The city of righteousness, a faithful town.