Leviticus 25:5

“What grows by itself from your harvest you shall not reap, and the grapes of your unpruned vine you shall not gather; it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.”

Leviticus 25:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Every seventh year the land itself rests, a sabbath for YHWHCreationThe land also has its shabbat every seventh yearWork and Rest

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Leviticus 25:5, word by word

What grows by itselfסְפִיחַsefiach

grow by itself

What springs up unsown from fallen grain.

Where else “sefiach” appears
from your harvestקְצִירְketsir

harvest

To cut and gather ripe grain and fruit; the season for it and what is gathered.

Where else “ketsir” appears
reapתִקְצוֹרtiktsor

reap

To cut the ripe grain; those who cut it.

Where else “tiktsor” appears
and the grapesעִנְּבֵיinve

grape

Grape.

Where else “inve” appears
of your unpruned vineנְזִירֶnezire

unpruned vine

An unpruned vine.

Where else “nezire” appears
gatherתִבְצֹרtivtsor

gather grapes

To cut grape clusters.

Where else “tivtsor” appears
it shall beיִהְיֶהyihye

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “yihye” appears
a yearשְׁנַתshenat

year

Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.

Where else “shenat” appears
of solemn restשַׁבָּתוֹןshabaton

solemn rest

Solemn rest: a day when all work is laid aside.

Where else “shabaton” appears
for the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “arets” appears

The context

4but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to YHWH; your field you shall not sow, and your vineyard you shall not prune.

5 · This verse (above)

6And the Sabbath of the land shall be for you for food: for you and for your male slave and for your female slave and for your hired worker and for your temporary resident, those who reside with you,

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