But the housesוּבָתֵּיof the villagesהַחֲצֵרִיםthatאֲשֶׁרhave noאֵין לָהֶםwallחֹמָהaround themסָבִיבshall be countedיֵחָשֵׁבasעַלthe fieldשְׂדֵהof the land;הָאָרֶץthey shall haveתִּהְיֶה לּוֹredemption,גְּאֻלָּהand in the jubileeוּבַיֹּבֵלthey shall go free.יֵצֵא
Leviticus 25:31
Study it in the app“But 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 25:31, word by word
- But the housesבָתֵּיvate
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vate” appears- of the villagesחֲצֵרִיםchatserim
village
A group of houses without a wall, in the countryside.
Where else “chatserim” appears- wallחֹמָהchoma
wall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “choma” appears- around themסָבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears- shall be countedיֵחָשֵׁבyechashev
count
To hold or give something as so: to put it on someone's account.
Where else “yechashev” appears- the fieldשְׂדֵהsede
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sede” appears- of the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- they shall haveתִּהְיֶהtihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “tihye” appears- redemptionגְּאֻלָּהgeula
right of redemption
The right to buy back land or a person.
Where else “geula” appears- and in the jubileeיֹּבֵלyovel
jubilee
The fiftieth year, of freedom, when each returned to his land.
Where else “yovel” appears- they shall go freeיֵצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears
The context
30But 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.
31 · This verse (above)
32As for the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites shall have eternal redemption.