Exodus 21:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.

Young's Literal Translation
if his lord give to him a wife, and she hath borne to him sons or daughters—the wife and her children are her lord’s, and he goeth out by himself.

King James Bible
If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.

Hebrew
If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

his master
אֲדֹנָיו֙ (’ă·ḏō·nāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller

gives
יִתֶּן־ (yit·ten-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

him a wife
אִשָּׁ֔ה (’iš·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

and she bears
וְיָלְדָה־ (wə·yā·lə·ḏāh-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

him sons
בָנִ֖ים (ḇā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son

or
א֣וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's 176: Desire, if

daughters,
בָנ֑וֹת (ḇā·nō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 1323: A daughter

the woman
הָאִשָּׁ֣ה (hā·’iš·šāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

and her children
וִילָדֶ֗יהָ (wî·lā·ḏe·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3206: Something born, a lad, offspring

shall belong to
תִּהְיֶה֙ (tih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

her master,
לַֽאדֹנֶ֔יהָ (la·ḏō·ne·hā)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller

and [only] the man
וְה֖וּא (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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