Exodus 21:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.

Young's Literal Translation
‘When thou buyest a Hebrew servant—six years he doth serve, and in the seventh he goeth out as a freeman for nought;

King James Bible
If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

Hebrew
If
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

you buy
תִקְנֶה֙ (ṯiq·neh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7069: To erect, create, to procure, by purchase, to own

a Hebrew
עִבְרִ֔י (‘iḇ·rî)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5680: Hebrews -- perhaps descendant of Eber, also another name for an Israelite

servant,
עֶ֣בֶד (‘e·ḇeḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

he is to serve you
יַעֲבֹ֑ד (ya·‘ă·ḇōḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

for six
שֵׁ֥שׁ (šêš)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 8337: Six (a cardinal number)

years.
שָׁנִ֖ים (šā·nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 8141: A year

But in the seventh [year],
וּבַ֨שְּׁבִעִ֔ת (ū·ḇaš·šə·ḇi·‘iṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular
Strong's 7637: Seventh (an ordinal number)

he shall go
יֵצֵ֥א (yê·ṣê)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

free
לַֽחָפְשִׁ֖י (la·ḥā·p̄ə·šî)
Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2670: Exempt

without paying anything.
חִנָּֽם׃ (ḥin·nām)
Adverb
Strong's 2600: Gratis, devoid of cost, reason, advantage

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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