Leviticus 25:10

“And you shall sanctify the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty in the land to all its inhabitants; it shall be a jubilee for you, and you shall return, each to his possession, and each to his clan you shall return.”

Leviticus 25:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 25:10, word by word

And you shall sanctifyקִדַּשְׁתֶּםkidashtem

consecrate

To set apart people, things or a day for God.

Where else “kidashtem” appears
the fiftiethחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim

fifty

Fifty.

Where else “chamishim” appears
yearשְׁנַתshenat

year

Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.

Where else “shenat” appears
and proclaimקְרָאתֶםkeratem

proclaim

To announce aloud.

Where else “keratem” appears
libertyדְּרוֹרderor

liberty

Release for slaves and debtors.

Where else “deror” appears
in the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “arets” appears
its inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֶיyoshve

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

Where else “yoshve” appears
shall beתִּהְיֶהtihye

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “tihye” appears
a jubileeיוֹבֵלyovel

jubilee

The fiftieth year, of freedom, when each returned to his land.

Where else “yovel” appears
and you shall returnשַׁבְתֶּםshavtem

return

To go back to a place.

Where else “shavtem” appears
eachאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

Where else “ish” appears
his possessionאֲחֻזָּתachuzat

possession

Possession: land that someone holds as his own.

Where else “achuzat” appears
his clanמִשְׁפַּחְתּmishpacht

family

A group of relatives within a tribe.

Where else “mishpacht” appears

Translation note

“Jubilee” comes from yobel, “ram, ram’s horn” (BDB). In that year lands were given back and those who had sold themselves went free (25:13, 40-41). Isaiah 61:1 uses the same word deror, “liberty”; Jesus reads that passage in the synagogue and says: “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing” (Luke 4:18-21).

The context

9Then you shall sound the horn of acclamation in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month; on the Day of Expiation you shall sound the horn throughout all your land.

10 · This verse (above)

11That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you; you shall not sow, and you shall not reap what grows by itself and you shall not gather its unpruned vines.

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