And he shall calculateוְחִשַּׁבwithעִםthe one who bought himקֹנֵהוּfrom the yearמִשְּׁנַתhe sold himselfהִמָּכְרוֹto himלוֹuntilעַדthe yearשְׁנַתof jubilee,הַיֹּבֵלand the silverוְהָיָה כֶּסֶףof his saleמִמְכָּרוֹshall be according toבְּthe numberמִסְפַּרof years;שָׁנִיםasכִּthe daysימֵיof a hired workerשָׂכִירit shall beיִהְיֶהwith him.עִמּוֹ
Leviticus 25:50
Study it in the app“And he shall calculate with the one who bought him from the year he sold himself to him until the year of jubilee, and the silver of his sale shall be according to the number of years; as the days of a hired worker it shall be with him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 25:50, word by word
- And he shall calculateחִשַּׁבchishav
count
To hold or give something as so: to put it on someone's account.
Where else “chishav” appears- the one who bought himקֹנֵkone
buy
To give silver in order to become the owner of something.
Where else “kone” appears- from the yearשְּׁנַתshenat
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appears- he sold himselfהִמָּכְרhimachr
sell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “himachr” appears- of jubileeיֹּבֵלyovel
jubilee
The fiftieth year, of freedom, when each returned to his land.
Where else “yovel” appears- and the silverהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- and the silverכֶּסֶףkesef
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kesef” appears- of his saleמִמְכָּרmimkar
sale, what is sold
A sale; also what has been sold, merchandise.
Where else “mimkar” appears- the numberמִסְפַּרmispar
number
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appears- the daysימֵיyme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” appears- of a hired workerשָׂכִירsachir
hired worker
Hired worker: a laborer paid by the day or by the year.
Where else “sachir” appears
The context
49or his uncle or his uncle’s son may redeem him, or one of his close relatives from his clan may redeem him; or if his hand prospers, he may redeem himself.
50 · This verse (above)
51If many years still remain, according to them he shall pay back the price of his redemption from the silver he was bought for.