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As for the citiesוְעָרֵיof the Levites,הַלְוִיִּםthe housesבָּתֵּיin the citiesעָרֵיof their possession,אֲחֻזָּתָםthe Levitesלַלְוִיִּםshall haveתִּהְיֶהeternalעוֹלָםredemption.גְּאֻלַּת
Leviticus 25:32
Study it in the app“As for the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites shall have eternal redemption.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 25:32, word by word
- As for the citiesעָרֵיare
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appears- of the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- the housesבָּתֵּיbate
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bate” appears- of their possessionאֲחֻזָּתָachuzata
possession
Possession: land that someone holds as his own.
Where else “achuzata” appears- shall haveתִּהְיֶהtihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “tihye” appears- eternalעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- redemptionגְּאֻלַּתgeulat
right of redemption
The right to buy back land or a person.
Where else “geulat” appears
The context
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.
32 · This verse (above)
33And what one of the Levites redeems, the sale of a house in the city of his possession, shall go free in the jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the sons of Israel.