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Leviticus 25:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the Lord.


Leviticus 25:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 25:218 words
דַּבֵּרdabērArrange
אֶלʾelNear
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וְאָמַרְתָּwəʾāmarətāAnd say
אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear
כִּיRelative conjunction
תָבֹאוּtāvōʾûGo
אֶלʾelNear
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אֲנִיʾănîI
נֹתֵןnōtēnGive
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
וְשָׁבְתָהwəšāvətāhAnd repose
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
שַׁבָּתšabātIntermission
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

דַּבֵּרdabērArrange
אֶלʾelNear
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וְאָמַרְתָּwəʾāmarətāAnd say
אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear
כִּיRelative conjunction
תָבֹאוּtāvōʾûGo
אֶלʾelNear
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אֲנִיʾănîI
נֹתֵןnōtēnGive
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
וְשָׁבְתָהwəšāvətāhAnd repose
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
שַׁבָּתšabātIntermission
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

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