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“Speakדַּבֵּרto the sonsאֶל בְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלand sayוְאָמַרְתָּto them:אֲלֵהֶםWhenכִּיyou comeתָבֹאוּintoאֶלthe landהָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרIאֲנִיam givingנֹתֵןyou,לָכֶםthe landהָאָרֶץshall cease,וְשָׁבְתָהa Sabbathשַׁבָּתto YHWH.לַיהוָה
Leviticus 25:2
Study it in the app““Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them: When you come into the land that I am giving you, the land shall cease, a Sabbath to YHWH.”
Every seventh year the land itself rests, a sabbath for YHWHCreationThe land also has its shabbat every seventh yearWork and Rest
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 25:2, word by word
- “Speakדַּבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- to the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- and sayאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appears- you comeתָבֹאוּtavou
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “tavou” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- am givingנֹתֵןnoten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “noten” appears- shall ceaseשָׁבְתָהshavta
keep the Sabbath
To keep the Sabbath, the day of rest.
Where else “shavta” appears- a Sabbathשַׁבָּתshabat
Sabbath
The seventh day, set apart for YHWH, for rest.
Where else “shabat” appears- to YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
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 “yhva” appears
Translation note
Every seven years the land had its own Sabbath: no one sowed or harvested, and what grew by itself was for everyone.
The context
1And YHWH spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying,
2 · This verse (above)
3Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather its produce;