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And ifוְכִיyou say,תֹאמְרוּ‘Whatמַהshall we eatנֹּאכַלin the seventhבַּ הַשְּׁבִיעִתyear,שָּׁנָהifהֵןwe may notלֹאsowנִזְרָעorוְלֹאgather inנֶאֱסֹףour produce?’אֶת תְּבוּאָתֵנוּ
Leviticus 25:20
Study it in the app“And if you say, ‘What shall we eat in the seventh year, if we may not sow or gather in our produce?’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 25:20, word by word
- you sayתֹאמְרוּtomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomru” appears- shall we eatנֹּאכַלnochal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “nochal” appears- in the seventhשְּׁבִיעִתsheviit
seventh
Seventh.
Where else “sheviit” appears- yearשָּׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- sowנִזְרָעnizra
sow
To put seed in the ground.
Where else “nizra” appears- gather inנֶאֱסֹףneesof
gather
To bring together what was scattered, like the harvest.
Where else “neesof” appears- our produce?’תְּבוּאָתֵtevuate
produce
What the land brings forth.
Where else “tevuate” appears
The context
19And the land will give its fruit, and you will eat your fill and live securely on it.
20 · This verse (above)
21I will command my blessing for you in the sixth year, and it will produce the produce for three years.