But ifוְאִםit is notלֹאredeemedיִגָּאֵלbeforeעַדa fullתְמִימָהyearשָׁנָהis completedמְלֹאתfor it,לוֹthen the houseוְ הַבַּיִתthatאֲשֶׁרis in the cityבָּעִירthatאֲשֶׁרhasלוֹa wallחֹמָהshall belongקָםin perpetuityלַצְּמִיתֻתto the one who boughtלַקֹּנֶהit,אֹתוֹthroughout his generations;לְדֹרֹתָיוit shall notלֹאgo freeיֵצֵאin the jubilee.בַּיֹּבֵל
Leviticus 25:30
Study it in the app“But if it is not redeemed before a full year is completed for it, then the house that is in the city that has a wall shall belong in perpetuity to the one who bought it, throughout his generations; it shall not go free in the jubilee.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 25:30, word by word
- redeemedיִגָּאֵלyigael
redeem
To buy back a relative or their land.
Where else “yigael” appears- a fullתְמִימָהtemima
without defect
Without defect, whole.
Where else “temima” appears- yearשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- is completedמְלֹאתmelot
be fulfilled
For a period to run out, or a word to come true.
Where else “melot” appears- then the houseבַּיִתbayit
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appears- is in the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- a wallחֹמָהchoma
wall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “choma” appears- shall belongקָםkam
stand firm
To hold firm, be fulfilled.
Where else “kam” appears- in perpetuityצְּמִיתֻתtsemitut
permanently
For good, with no going back; said of a final sale.
Where else “tsemitut” appears- to the one who boughtקֹּנֶהkone
buy
To give silver in order to become the owner of something.
Where else “kone” appears- throughout his generationsדֹרֹתָיdorotay
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dorotay” appears- go freeיֵצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- in the jubileeיֹּבֵלyovel
jubilee
The fiftieth year, of freedom, when each returned to his land.
Where else “yovel” appears
The context
29And if a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, his redemption shall last until a year from his sale is complete; for a full year shall his redemption last.
30 · This verse (above)
31But the houses of the villages that have no wall around them shall be counted as the field of the land; they shall have redemption, and in the jubilee they shall go free.