The moreלְפִי רֹבthe years,הַשָּׁנִיםthe more you shall increaseתַּרְבֶּהits price,מִקְנָתוֹandוּthe fewerלְפִי מְעֹטthe years,הַשָּׁנִיםthe more you shall decreaseתַּמְעִיטits price;מִקְנָתוֹforכִּיitהוּאis a numberמִסְפַּרof harvestsתְּבוּאֹתthat he is sellingמֹכֵרto you.לָךְ
Leviticus 25:16
Study it in the app“The more the years, the more you shall increase its price, and the fewer the years, the more you shall decrease its price; for it is a number of harvests that he is selling to you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 25:16, word by word
- The moreפִיfi
according to
Literally "by the mouth of": just as something directs; or a portion.
Where else “fi” appears- The moreרֹבrov
abundance
A great amount, so large that it is not measured.
Where else “rov” appears- the yearsשָּׁנִיםshanim
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appears- the more you shall increaseתַּרְבֶּהtarbe
increase
To make an amount larger, adding and adding.
Where else “tarbe” appears- its priceמִקְנָתmiknat
price
What is paid for something: its price, above all the price of redeeming a servant.
Where else “miknat” appears- the fewerמְעֹטmeot
be few, too small
Be few, be too small for something; make few, reduce.
Where else “meot” appears- is a numberמִסְפַּרmispar
number
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appears- of harvestsתְּבוּאֹתtevuot
produce
What the land brings forth.
Where else “tevuot” appears- that he is sellingמֹכֵרmocher
sell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “mocher” appears
The context
15According to the number of years after the jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor; according to the number of years of harvests he shall sell to you.
16 · This verse (above)
17And you shall not take advantage of one another, but you shall fear your Elohim; for I am YHWH your Elohim.