Leviticus 25:31

“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.”

Leviticus 25:31 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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