Leviticus 25:47 deals with the scenario where a Hebrew indentures himself to a non-Hebrew. A non-Hebrew has prospered in the land and has acquired great wealth. This man has bought a Hebrew slave for himself or a member of his clan. The Hebrew word member
(‛ēqěr) occurs only here in the Old Testament. The term is derived from a verb that means to root up.
It refers to the offshoot
of the non-Hebrew.
47 “If a stranger or sojourner with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him becomes poor and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner with you or to a member of the stranger’s clan,