Study it in the app“Guard yourself so that there is not a wicked word in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” and your eye is evil toward your brother, the needy one, and you do not give him anything, and he cries out against you to YHWH, and it becomes sin in you.”
The law asks not to close your hand to a brother in needGenerosity and MoneyDo not close your hand to a needy brother; open itJustice and mercy
Guard yourselfהִשָּׁמֶר לְךָso that there is notפֶּן יִהְיֶהa wickedבְלִיַּעַלwordדָבָרinעִםyour heart,לְבָבְךָsaying,לֵאמֹר“The seventhהַשֶּׁבַעyear,שְׁנַתthe yearשְׁנַתof release,הַשְּׁמִטָּהis near,”קָרְבָהand your eyeוְ עֵינְךָis evilרָעָהtoward your brother,בְּאָחִיךָthe needy one,הָאֶבְיוֹןand you do notוְלֹאgiveתִתֵּןhim anything,לוֹand he cries outוְקָרָאagainst youעָלֶיךָto YHWH,אֶל יְהוָהand it becomesוְהָיָהsinחֵטְאin you.בְךָ
take care
To watch out for oneself.
Where else “hishamer” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appearsworthlessness, wickedness
Worthlessness, a thing of no value: "sons of belial" are worthless people who do evil. Later it was used as a name for the evil one (2 Corinthians 6:15).
Where else “veliyaal” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsseven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appearsrelease, remission
Release: the "letting go" of debts in the seventh year.
Where else “shemita” appearscome near
To come near to someone or something.
Where else “karva” appearseye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “en” appearsdisplease
To be unpleasant to someone.
Where else “raa” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appearsneedy
Needy: one who depends on the help of others.
Where else “evyon” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titen” appearscry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “kara” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsoffense, sin
Offense, sin; its penalty.
Where else “chet” appears8But you shall freely open your hand to him and freely lend him enough for his need, whatever he lacks.
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10You shall freely give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because on account of this thing YHWH your Elohim will bless you in all your work and in every undertaking of your hand.
