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And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee, (KJV)
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וְ֠הָיְתָהVe.hay.tahand it will belong
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqq3fs)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Leviticus 25:6 word 1
שַׁבַּ֨תsha.Bat[the] sabbath of
Lemma: שַׁבָּת (shab.bat) · Strong's: H7676
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: Sabbath
Used 111 times. Also: Exodus 16:23, Exodus 16:25, Exodus 16:26, Exodus 16:29, Exodus 20:8, Exodus 20:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7676; TAHOT Leviticus 25:6 word 2
הָאָ֤רֶץha.'A.retzthe land
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Leviticus 25:6 word 3
לְאָכְלָ֔הle.'okh.Lahto food
Lemma: אׇכְלָה (okh.lah) · Strong's: H0402
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: food
Used 18 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 6:21, Genesis 9:3, Exodus 16:15, Leviticus 11:39 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0402; TAHOT Leviticus 25:6 word 4
וּלְעַבְדְּךָ֣u.le.'av.de.Khaand to [male] slave your
Lemma: עֶ֫בֶד (e.ved) · Strong's: H5650
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: servant/slave
Used 796 times. Also: Genesis 9:25, Genesis 9:26, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 18:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5650; TAHOT Leviticus 25:6 word 5
וְלַאֲמָתֶ֑ךָve.la.'a.ma.Te.khaand to female slave your
Lemma: אָמָה (a.mah) · Strong's: H0519
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: maidservant
Used 56 times. Also: Genesis 20:17, Genesis 21:10, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 21:13, Genesis 30:3, Genesis 31:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0519; TAHOT Leviticus 25:6 word 6
וְלִשְׂכִֽירְךָ֙ve.lis.khi.re.Khaand to hired laborer your
Lemma: שָׂכִיר (sa.khir) · Strong's: H7916
Parsing: Aamsc (Aamsc)
Meaning: hired
Used 17 times. Also: Exodus 12:45, Exodus 22:15, Leviticus 19:13, Leviticus 22:10, Leviticus 25:40, Leviticus 25:50 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7916; TAHOT Leviticus 25:6 word 7
וּלְתוֹשָׁ֣בְךָ֔ul.to.Sha.ve.khaand to resident alien your
Lemma: תּוֹשָׁב (to.shav) · Strong's: H8453A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: sojourner
Used 14 times. Also: Genesis 23:4, Exodus 12:45, Leviticus 22:10, Leviticus 25:23, Leviticus 25:35, Leviticus 25:40 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8453A; TAHOT Leviticus 25:6 word 8
הַגָּרִ֖יםha.ga.Rimwho are sojourning
Lemma: גּוּר (gur) · Strong's: H1481A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: to sojourn
Used 81 times. Also: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 20:1, Genesis 21:23, Genesis 21:34, Genesis 26:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1481A; TAHOT Leviticus 25:6 word 9
עִמָּֽךְ\׃'i.Makhwith you
Lemma: עִם (im) · Strong's: H5973A
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: with
Used 980 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5973A; TAHOT Leviticus 25:6 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Whatever the land | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| yields | → | |
| during the Sabbath year | → | שַׁבָּת H7676 Sabbath |
| shall be | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| food for you | → | אׇכְלָה H0402 food |
| for yourself | → | |
| your manservant | → | עֶ֫בֶד H5650 servant/slave |
| and maidservant | → | אָמָה H0519 maidservant |
| the hired hand | → | שָׂכִיר H7916 hired |
| or foreigner | → | תּוֹשָׁב H8453A sojourner |
| who stays | → | גּוּר H1481A to sojourn |
| with you | → | עִם H5973A with |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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