And you shall sanctifyוְקִדַּשְׁתֶּםthe fiftiethהַחֲמִשִּׁיםyearאֵת שְׁנַת שָׁנָהand proclaimוּקְרָאתֶםlibertyדְּרוֹרin the landבָּאָרֶץto allלְכָלits inhabitants;יֹשְׁבֶיהָitהִואshall beתִּהְיֶהa jubileeיוֹבֵלfor you,לָכֶםand you shall return,וְשַׁבְתֶּםeachאִישׁtoאֶלhis possession,אֲחֻזָּתוֹand eachוְאִישׁtoאֶלhis clanמִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹyou shall return.תָּשֻׁבוּ
Leviticus 25:10
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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.