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250 months ago

Mary Roberts (a guest user) asked this question:

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250 months ago

Mil-on translation,editing technical writing servi   wrote:

eved nirtza la mashiah

My comment:

it cannot be a Hebrew (from the Bible) statement, because Ha mashiah will not have slaves. Everybody is supposed to become free when Mashiah comes. But the idiom founfd in the Bible for a slave is "eved nirza". His ear was slashed at the Mezuza (that is fixed on the door) to show he is a slave. It works only for a man. A woman will be "ama" and she never underwents such a ritual.

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250 months ago

   wrote:

Yes, this is the one. I just couldn't think of the term, and was too lazy to look it up :-))

250 months ago

John Kinory   wrote:

eved tzamit la-mashi'akh

My comment:

There may be another term for bond slave - I'll try to find it (or do you have a Bible chapter and verse you can quote?).

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250 months ago

   wrote:

I think the other term is 'eved ratzu'a', which literally means a slave with an ear-ring or suchlike driven through his ear as a sign of enslavement.

250 months ago

   wrote:

Dear colleague, there is no difference between "shi'abud" and "tzimitut", it is a synonym, and Hebrew by the way is my mother tongue.

250 months ago

   wrote:

Shiabud often means mortgage or lien, so is hardly the same thing as being a bond slave. And Hebrew is also my mother-tongue - az ma hitkhakamta?

250 months ago

John Kinory   wrote:

"meshu'abad lamashi'ach" משועבד למשיח

My comment:

The meaning is enslaved in his belief to the Messiah

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250 months ago

   wrote:

This is not the term for 'bond slave', which is a specific concept.

250 months ago

   wrote:

Shiabud often means mortgage or lien, so is hardly the same thing as being a bond slave. And Hebrew is also my mother-tongue - az ma hitkhakamta?

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