The Meaning of Deuteronomy 15:16 Explained

Deuteronomy 15:16

KJV: And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;

YLT: And it hath been, when he saith unto thee, I go not out from thee -- because he hath loved thee, and thy house, because it is good for him with thee --

Darby: And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee, because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee, --

ASV: And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go out from thee; because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And it shall be, if he say  unto thee, I will not go away  from thee; because he loveth  thee and thine house,  because he is well  with thee; 

What does Deuteronomy 15:16 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 15

1  The seventh year a year of release for the poor
7  one must be generous in lending or giving
12  A Hebrew servant, except by choice, must be freed in the seventh year
19  All firstborn males of the cattle are to be sanctified unto the Lord

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 15:16 mean?

And it happens that if he says to you not I will go away from you because he loves you and your house since prospers he with you
וְהָיָה֙ כִּֽי־ יֹאמַ֣ר אֵלֶ֔יךָ לֹ֥א אֵצֵ֖א מֵעִמָּ֑ךְ כִּ֤י אֲהֵֽבְךָ֙ וְאֶת־ בֵּיתֶ֔ךָ כִּי־ ט֥וֹב ל֖וֹ עִמָּֽךְ

וְהָיָה֙  And  it  happens  that 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
יֹאמַ֣ר  he  says 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אֵלֶ֔יךָ  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
אֵצֵ֖א  I  will  go  away 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
מֵעִמָּ֑ךְ  from  you 
Parse: Preposition-m, second person masculine singular
Root: עִם  
Sense: with.
כִּ֤י  because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
אֲהֵֽבְךָ֙  he  loves  you 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular, second person masculine singular
Root: אָהַב  
Sense: to love.
בֵּיתֶ֔ךָ  your  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
כִּי־  since 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
ט֥וֹב  prospers 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָטַב  
Sense: to be good, be pleasing, be joyful, be beneficial, be pleasant, be favourable, be happy, be right.
עִמָּֽךְ  with  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
Root: עִם  
Sense: with.

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