but the seventh yearוְהַשְּׁבִיעִתyou shall let it restתִּשְׁמְטֶנָּהand leave it alone,וּנְטַשְׁתָּהּso that the poorוְ אֶבְיֹנֵיof your peopleעַמֶּךָmay eat,אָכְלוּand what they leaveוְיִתְרָםthe animalsחַיַּתof the fieldהַשָּׂדֶהmay eat.תֹּאכַלSoכֵּןyou shall doתַּעֲשֶׂהwith your vineyardלְכַרְמְךָand with your olive grove.לְזֵיתֶךָ
Exodus 23:11
Study it in the app“but the seventh year you shall let it rest and leave it alone, so that the poor of your people may eat, and what they leave the animals of the field may eat. So you shall do with your vineyard and with your olive grove.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 23:11, word by word
- but the seventh yearשְּׁבִיעִתsheviit
seventh
Seventh.
Where else “sheviit” appears- you shall let it restתִּשְׁמְטֶtishmte
release
To free, cancel debts, give the land a break.
Where else “tishmte” appears- and leave it aloneנְטַשְׁתָּnetashta
abandon
To turn away from someone or something and leave it behind.
Where else “netashta” appears- so that the poorאֶבְיֹנֵיevyone
needy
Needy: one who depends on the help of others.
Where else “evyone” appears- of your peopleעַמֶּame
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “ame” appears- may eatאָכְלוּachlu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achlu” appears- and what they leaveיִתְרָyitra
rest
What remains after what has been said or done, like a king's other deeds.
Where else “yitra” appears- the animalsחַיַּתchayat
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chayat” appears- of the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears- you shall doתַּעֲשֶׂהtaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taase” appears- with your vineyardכַרְמְcharm
vineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “charm” appears- and with your olive groveזֵיתֶzete
olive tree
A tree with silvery leaves that yields fruit and oil; very common in Israel.
Where else “zete” appears
Translation note
It is the year of rest for the land; it is explained in Leviticus 25:1-7.
The context
10Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its produce,
11 · This verse (above)
12Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female slave and the resident alien may be refreshed.