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The foreignerאֶת הַנָּכְרִיyou may press;תִּגֹּשׂbut whateverוַאֲשֶׁרof yoursלְךָisיִהְיֶהwith your brotherאֶת אָחִיךָyour handיָדֶךָshall release.תַּשְׁמֵט
Deuteronomy 15:3
Study it in the app“The foreigner you may press; but whatever of yours is with your brother your hand shall release.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 15:3, word by word
- The foreignerנָּכְרִיnachri
foreign, stranger
Foreign, strange; a foreigner, someone outside the family.
Where else “nachri” appears- you may pressתִּגֹּשׂtigos
press
To press for what is owed, like a creditor or collector.
Where else “tigos” appears- isיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- with your brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- your handיָדֶyade
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appears- shall releaseתַּשְׁמֵטtashmet
release
To free, cancel debts, give the land a break.
Where else “tashmet” appears
The context
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.
3 · This verse (above)
4However, there shall be no needy one among you, for YHWH will surely bless you in the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you as an inheritance to possess it,