Exodus 21:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go free,’

Young's Literal Translation
‘And if the servant really say: I have loved my lord, my wife, and my sons—I do not go out free;

King James Bible
And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

Hebrew
But if
וְאִם־ (wə·’im-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

the servant
הָעֶ֔בֶד (hā·‘e·ḇeḏ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

declares,
אָמֹ֤ר (’ā·mōr)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘I love
אָהַ֙בְתִּי֙ (’ā·haḇ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 157: To have affection f

my master
אֲדֹנִ֔י (’ă·ḏō·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller

and my wife
אִשְׁתִּ֖י (’iš·tî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

and children;
בָּנָ֑י (bā·nāy)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1121: A son

I do not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

want to go
אֵצֵ֖א (’ê·ṣê)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

free,’
חָפְשִֽׁי׃ (ḥā·p̄ə·šî)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2670: Exempt

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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