Revised Version 1895

Leviticus 25:2-12

2Speakדַּבֵּ֞רda.BerH1696unto thechildrenבְּנֵ֤יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478, andsayוְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve.'a.mar.TaH559unto them, When yecomeH935intoH413thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776whichH834Igiveנֹתֵ֣ןno.TenH5414youH834, then shall thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776keepH935asabbathשַׁבָּ֖תsha.BatH7676unto theLORDלַיהוָֽה׃la.Yah.wehH3068.

3Sixשֵׁ֤שׁsheshH8337yearsשָׁנִים֙sha.NimH8141thou shaltsowתִּזְרַ֣עtiz.Ra'H2232thyfieldשָׂדֶ֔ךָsa.De.khaH7704, andsixוְשֵׁ֥שׁve.SheshH8337yearsשָׁנִ֖יםsha.NimH8141thou shaltpruneתִּזְמֹ֣רtiz.MorH2168thyvineyardכַּרְמֶ֑ךָkar.Me.khaH3754, andgatherוְאָסַפְתָּ֖ve.'a.saf.TaH622in the fruits thereof;

4but in theseventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֗תha.she.vi.'ItH7637yearוּבַשָּׁנָ֣הu.va.sha.NahH8141shall be asabbathשַׁבַּ֤תsha.BatH7676ofsolemnH7677restH7677for thelandלָאָ֔רֶץla.'A.retzH776, asabbathשַׁבָּ֖תsha.BatH7676unto theLORDלַיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehH3068: thou shaltneitherלֹ֣אlo'H3808sowתִזְרָ֔עtiz.Ra'H2232thyfieldשָֽׂדְךָ֙sa.de.KhaH7704,norלֹ֥אlo'H3808pruneתִזְמֹֽר׃tiz.MorH2168thyvineyardוְכַרְמְךָ֖ve.khar.me.KhaH3754.

5That which groweth of itself of thyharvestקְצִֽירְךָ֙ke.tzi.re.ChaH7105thou shaltnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808reapתִקְצ֔וֹרtik.TzorH7114, and thegrapesעִנְּבֵ֥י'i.ne.VeiH6025of thy undressed vine thou shaltnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808gatherתִבְצֹ֑רtiv.TzorH1219: it shall be ayearשְׁנַ֥תshe.NatH8141ofsolemnH7677restH7677for thelandלָאָֽרֶץ׃la.'A.retzH776.

6And thesabbathשַׁבַּ֨תsha.BatH7676of thelandהָאָ֤רֶץha.'A.retzH776shall be forfoodלְאָכְלָ֔הle.'okh.LahH402foryouעִמָּֽךְ׃'i.MakhH5973; for thee, and for thyservantH5650and for thymaidוְלַאֲמָתֶ֑ךָve.la.'a.ma.Te.khaH519, and for thyhiredוְלִשְׂכִֽירְךָ֙ve.lis.khi.re.KhaH7916servantH5650and for thy stranger that sojourn with thee;

7and for thycattleH929, and for thebeastsH929that are in thylandבְּאַרְצֶ֑ךָbe.'ar.Tze.khaH776, shallallכָל־khol-H3605theincreaseתְּבוּאָתָ֖הּte.vu.'a.TahH8393thereof be forfoodלֶאֱכֹֽל׃ סle.'e.KholH398.

8And thou shaltnumberוְסָפַרְתָּ֣ve.sa.far.TaH5608sevenשֶׁ֚בַעShe.va'H7651sabbathsשַׁבְּתֹ֣תsha.be.TotH7676ofyearsשָׁנִ֔יםsha.NimH8141unto thee,sevenשֶׁ֥בַעShe.va'H7651timesפְּעָמִ֑יםpe.'a.MimH6471sevenשֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'H7651yearsשָׁנִ֖יםsha.NimH8141; and there shall be unto thee thedaysיְמֵי֙ye.MeiH3117ofsevenשֶׁ֚בַעShe.va'H7651sabbathsשַׁבְּתֹ֣תsha.be.TotH7676ofyearsהַשָּׁנִ֔יםha.sha.NimH8141,evenH7651fortyוְאַרְבָּעִ֖יםve.'ar.ba.'ImH705andnineתֵּ֥שַׁעTe.sha'H8672yearsשָׁנָֽה׃sha.NahH8141.

9Then shalt thou send abroad the loudtrumpetשׁוֹפַ֤רsho.FarH7782on thetenthבֶּעָשׂ֖וֹרbe.'a.SorH6218dayבְּיוֹם֙be.yOmH3117of theseventhהַשְּׁבִעִ֔יha.she.vi.'IH7637monthH2320; in thedayH3117ofatonementהַכִּפֻּרִ֔יםha.ki.pu.RimH3725shall ye send abroad thetrumpetשׁוֹפָ֖רsho.FarH7782throughoutH3605allH3605yourlandאַרְצְכֶֽם׃'ar.tze.KhemH776.

10And ye shall hallow thefiftiethהַחֲמִשִּׁים֙ha.cha.mi.ShimH2572yearH8141, andproclaimוּקְרָאתֶ֥םu.ke.ra.TemH7121libertyדְּר֛וֹרde.RorH1865throughoutH3605thelandבָּאָ֖רֶץba.'A.retzH776untoallH3605theinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָyo.she.Vei.haH3427thereof: it shall be a jubile untoyouH3605; and ye shallreturnוְשַׁבְתֶּ֗םve.shav.TemH7725everyH3605manאִ֚ישׁ'ishH376unto hispossessionאֲחֻזָּת֔וֹ'a.chu.za.ToH272, and ye shallreturnתָּשֻֽׁבוּ׃ta.Shu.vuH7725everyH3605manוְאִ֥ישׁve.'IshH376unto hisfamilyמִשְׁפַּחְתּ֖וֹmish.pach.ToH4940.

11A jubile shall thatfiftiethהַחֲמִשִּׁ֥יםha.cha.mi.ShimH2572yearH8141be untoyouH3808: ye shallnotH3808sowתִזְרָ֔עוּtiz.Ra.'uH2232,neitherH3808reapתִקְצְרוּ֙tik.tze.RuH7114thatwhichH1931groweth ofitselfH1931in it,norH3808gatherתִבְצְר֖וּtiv.tze.RuH1219the grapes in it of the undressedvinesנְזִרֶֽיהָ׃ne.zi.Rei.haH5139.

12For it is a jubile; it shall beholyקֹ֖דֶשׁKo.deshH6944untoyouכִּ֚יkiH3588: ye shalleatתֹּאכְל֖וּto.khe.LuH398theincreaseתְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃te.vu.'a.TahH8393thereofoutמִן־min-H4480of thefieldהַ֨שָּׂדֶ֔הha.sa.DehH7704.

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