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At the endמִקֵּץof every sevenשֶׁבַעyearsשָׁנִיםyou shall makeתַּעֲשֶׂהa release.שְׁמִטָּה
Deuteronomy 15:1
Study it in the app“At the end of every seven years you shall make a release.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 15:1, word by word
- At the endקֵּץkets
end
What comes when something finishes: "some days later".
Where else “kets” appears- of every sevenשֶׁבַעsheva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appears- yearsשָׁנִיםshanim
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appears- you shall makeתַּעֲשֶׂהtaase
make
To build or create something.
Where else “taase” appears- a releaseשְׁמִטָּהshemita
release, remission
Release: the "letting go" of debts in the seventh year.
Where else “shemita” appears
Translation note
The “release” (shemittah, “letting go”) was the cancellation of debts every seventh year.
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release the loan of his hand that he has lent to his neighbor; he shall not press his neighbor or his brother, because a release to YHWH has been proclaimed.