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Hebrew paragraph divisions
Exo 21:1-6 {s} Conditions for a Hebrew male slave to go out free
Hebrew roots
Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them. If you buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. If he come in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he is married, then his wife shall go out with him. If his master gives him a wife, and she bears him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself. But if the servant shall plainly say: I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free; then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door, or to the doorpost; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever. {s} Exo 21:1-6
Ordinance
Strong’s H4941, mishpat, a concrete noun meaning, “judgment;” from Strong’s H8199 שפט shaphat, a primitive root meaning, “to judge, to pronounce sentence for or against.” The ancient pictographs are shin + pey + tet.
shin ש = two front teeth, thus sharp, press, eat, two, again
pey פ, ף = the mouth, thus open, blow, scatter, edge
tet ט = the basket, thus surround, contain, hold, mud
The story the pictographs are telling is of pronouncing a word (shin, as spoken words pass through the teeth) with the mouth (pey); i.e., to make a decree, a proclamation, that holds (tet) i.e., that passes the scrutiny of time and circumstances as a true word.
Servant
Strong’s H5650, ebed, a concrete noun meaning, “slave, servant;” from Strong’s H5647 עבד abad, a primitive root meaning, “to labor, serve.” We have seen this root before.
Free
Strong’s H2670, chophshiy, an adjective meaning, “free;” from Strong’s H2666 חפש chaphash, a primitive root meaning, “to be free.” The ancient pictographs are chet + pey + shin.
chet ח = the wall, thus outside, divide, half
pey פ, ף = the mouth, thus open, blow, scatter, edge
shin ש = two front teeth, thus sharp, press, eat, two, again
To be free from a master is to be outside (chet) the purvue of the mouth (pey) which pronounces a word (shin, i.e., speaks a decree, as spoken words pass through the teeth).
Married
Strong’s H1167, ba’al, a concrete noun meaning, “master, lord, husband;” from Strong’s H1166 בעל ba’al, a primitive root meaning, “to marry, to be lord over,” i.e., to be husband. The ancient pictographs are bet + ayin + lamed.
bet ב = the house, thus house, household, family, in, within
ayin ע = the eye, thus watch, know, shade
lamed ל = the shepherd’s staff, thus teach, yoke, to, bind
The story being told by the ancient pictographs is of the house and family (bet) watched over (ayin) as a shepherd (lamed) watches over his flock.
Ba’al is the name of an idol the Canaanites worshiped, and I think the biblical concept of husbanding, which the original Hebrew word describes, was twisted by the enemy, coming to mean, as it is applied to the Canaanite idol, watching over with a tyrannical eye as an overlord weilding authority; to lord it over others.
Wife
Strong’s H802, ishshah, a feminine concrete noun meaning, “woman, wife, female;” from Strong’s H376, iysh, a masculine concrete noun meaning, “man,” contracted from Strong’s H582, enowsh, a masculine concrete noun meaning, “man,” from Strong’s H605 אנש anash, a primitive root meaning, “to be incurably weak, sick, or wicked.” The ancient pictographs are aleph + nun + shin.
aleph א = the ox head, thus strength, power, leader
nun נ, ן = the seed, thus continue, heir, son
shin ש = two front teeth, thus sharp, press, eat, two, again
The story the ancient pictographs are telling is of the strong one (aleph, i.e., the man) who is buried in the earth (nun, as the seed is buried in the earth), returning (shin, in the sense of repeating) from whence he came. Man is defined in terms of his mortality.
“In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground; for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.” Gen 3:19
Son
Strong’s H1121, ben, a masculine concrete noun meaning, “son;” from Strong’s H1129 בנה banah, a primitive root meaning, “to build.” We have seen this root before.
Daughter
Strong’s H1323, bath, a feminine concrete noun meaning, “daughter;” from Strong’s H1129 בנה banah, a primitive root meaning, “to build.” We have seen this root before.
To bear
Strong’s H3205 ילד yalad, a primitive root meaning, “to bear, bring forth, beget.” The ancient pictographs are yud + lamed + dalet.
yud י = the closed hand, thus work, throw, worship
lamed ל = the shepherd’s staff, thus teach, yoke, to, bind
dalet ד = the door, thus enter, move, hang
The story being told is of labor (yud) which guides (lamed) through the door (dalet, i.e., the matrix as a door through which the baby must pass through to be born).
Children
Strong’s H3206, yeled, a concrete noun meaning, “child,” from Strong’s H3205 ילד yalad, a primitive root meaning, “to bear, bring forth, beget.” This is the same as above.
Love
Strong’s H157 אהב ahab, a primitive root meaning, “to desire, to breathe after.” We have seen this beautiful root before.
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