Leviticus 25:8

“And you shall count for yourself seven Sabbaths of years, seven years seven times, and the days of the seven Sabbaths of years shall be to you forty- nine years.”

Leviticus 25:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 25:8, word by word

And you shall countסָפַרְתָּsafarta

count

To number one by one in order to know how many there are.

Where else “safarta” appears
sevenשֶׁבַעsheva

seven

Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".

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Sabbathsשַׁבְּתֹתshabtot

Sabbath

The seventh day, set apart for YHWH, for rest.

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of yearsשָׁנִיםshanim

year

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

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timesפְּעָמִיםpeamim

time

Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.

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and the daysיְמֵיyeme

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

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shall beהָיוּhayu

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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forty-אַרְבָּעִיםarbaim

forty

Forty.

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nineתֵּשַׁעtesha

nine

Nine; also "ninth".

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The context

7and for your beasts and for the animals that are in your land all its produce shall be for food.

8 · This verse (above)

9Then you shall sound the horn of acclamation in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month; on the Day of Expiation you shall sound the horn throughout all your land.

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