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Exodus 23:11 — King James Version← Study notes

But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.


Exodus 23:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 23:1114 words
וְהַשְּׁבִיעִתwəhašəvîʿitAnd the seventh
תִּשְׁמְטֶנָּהtišəməṭenāhFling down
וּנְטַשְׁתָּהּûnəṭašətāhAnd pound
וְאָכְלוּwəʾāḵəlûAnd eat
אֶבְיֹנֵיʾevəyōnêDestitute
עַמֶּךָʿameḵāPeople
וְיִתְרָםwəyitərāmAnd overhanging
תֹּאכַלtōʾḵalEat
חַיַּתḥayatLiving
הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field
כֵּןkēnSet upright
תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo
לְכַרְמְךָləḵarəməḵāTo garden
לְזֵיתֶךָləzêteḵāTo olive
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהַשְּׁבִיעִתwəhašəvîʿitAnd the seventh
תִּשְׁמְטֶנָּהtišəməṭenāhFling down
וּנְטַשְׁתָּהּûnəṭašətāhAnd pound
וְאָכְלוּwəʾāḵəlûAnd eat
אֶבְיֹנֵיʾevəyōnêDestitute
עַמֶּךָʿameḵāPeople
וְיִתְרָםwəyitərāmAnd overhanging
תֹּאכַלtōʾḵalEat
חַיַּתḥayatLiving
הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field
כֵּןkēnSet upright
תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo
לְכַרְמְךָləḵarəməḵāTo garden
לְזֵיתֶךָləzêteḵāTo olive

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