Exodus 21:8 Hebrew Word Analysis

0אִםh518
1If she pleaseרָעָ֞הh7451
2בְּעֵינֵ֧יh5869
3not her masterאֲדֹנֶ֛יהָh113
4אֲשֶׁרh834
5לֹ֥אh3808
6who hath betrothedיְעָדָ֖הּh3259
7her to himself then shall he let her be redeemedוְהֶפְדָּ֑הּh6299
8nationלְעַ֥םh5971
9her unto a strangeנָכְרִ֛יh5237
10לֹֽאh3808
11he shall have no powerיִמְשֹׁ֥לh4910
12to sellלְמָכְרָ֖הּh4376
13seeing he hath dealt deceitfullyבְּבִגְדוֹh898
14בָֽהּ׃h0

Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

American Standard Version (ASV)

If she please not her master, who hath espoused her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a foreign people he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

If she is not pleasing to her master who has taken her for himself, let a payment be made for her so that she may go free; her master has no power to get a price for her and send her to a strange land, because he has been false to her.

Darby English Bible (DBY)

If she is unacceptable in the eyes of her master, who had taken her for himself, then shall he let her be ransomed: to sell her unto a foreign people he hath no power, after having dealt unfaithfully with her.

Webster's Bible (WBT)

If she shall not please her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her to a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

World English Bible (WEB)

If she doesn't please her master, who has married her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, seeing he has dealt deceitfully with her.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

if evil in the eyes of her lord, so that he hath not betrothed her, then he hath let her be ransomed; to a strange people he hath not power to sell her, in his dealing treacherously with her.