New American Standard Bible 1995

Exodus 23:10-12

10“You shall sowתִּזְרַ֣עtiz.Ra'H2232your landאַרְצֶ֑ךָ'ar.Tze.khaH776for sixוְשֵׁ֥שׁve.SheshH8337yearsשָׁנִ֖יםsha.NimH8141and gatherוְאָסַפְתָּ֖ve.'a.saf.TaH622in its yieldתְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃te.vu.'a.TahH8393,

11but onthe seventhוְהַשְּׁבִיעִ֞תve.ha.she.vi.'ItH7637yearH7637you shall letH8058itrestH8058and lieH5203fallowH5203,so that the needyאֶבְיֹנֵ֣י'ev.yo.NeiH34of your peopleעַמֶּ֔ךָ'a.Me.khaH5971may eatוְאָֽכְלוּ֙ve.'a.khe.LuH398;and whatever they leaveוְיִתְרָ֕םve.yit.RamH3499the beastH2421of the fieldהַשָּׂדֶ֑הha.sa.DehH7704may eatתֹּאכַ֖לto.KhalH398.You are to doתַּעֲשֶׂ֥הta.'a.SehH6213the sameכֵּֽן־ken-H3651with your vineyardלְכַרְמְךָ֖le.khar.me.KhaH3754andyour oliveלְזֵיתֶֽךָ׃le.zei.Te.khaH2132groveH2132.

12“Sixשֵׁ֤שֶׁתShe.shetH8337daysיָמִים֙ya.MimH3117you are to doתַּעֲשֶׂ֣הta.'a.SehH6213your workמַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָma.'a.Sei.khaH4639,but on the seventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֖יha.she.vi.'IH7637dayוּבַיּ֥וֹםu.vai.YomH3117you shall ceaseתִּשְׁבֹּ֑תtish.BotH7673from laborsoלְמַ֣עַןle.Ma.'anH4616that your oxשֽׁוֹרְךָ֙shor.KhaH7794and your donkeyוַחֲמֹרֶ֔ךָva.cha.mo.Re.khaH2543may restיָנ֗וּחַya.Nu.achH5117,and the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of your femaleאֲמָתְךָ֖'a.ma.te.KhaH519slaveH519, as well asyour strangerוְהַגֵּֽר׃ve.ha.GerH1616,may refreshוְיִנָּפֵ֥שׁve.yi.na.FeshH5314themselves.

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