Leviticus 25:30

“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.”

Leviticus 25:30 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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