Leviticus 25:8

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

You shall count off seven weeks of years, seven times seven years, so that the seven weeks of years amount to forty-nine years.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְסָפַרְתָּ֣ לְךָ֗ שֶׁ֚בַע שַׁבְּתֹ֣ת שָׁנִ֔ים שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִ֖ים שֶׁ֣בַע פְּעָמִ֑ים וְהָי֣וּ לְךָ֗ יְמֵי֙ שֶׁ֚בַע שַׁבְּתֹ֣ת הַשָּׁנִ֔ים תֵּ֥שַׁע וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים שָׁנָֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-sāpartā to-you seven šabbətōt šānîm, seven šānîm seven pəʿāmîm; wə-hāyû to-you yəmê seven šabbətōt haššānîm nine and-forty šānāh

Grammar Details

• *wə-sāpartā*: conjunction + qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you shall count
• *šabbətōt*: common noun, feminine plural - sabbaths/weeks
• *šānîm*: common noun, feminine plural - years
• *pəʿāmîm*: common noun, feminine plural - times
• *wə-hāyû*: conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd common plural - and they shall be
• *yəmê*: construct plural - days of
• *haššānîm*: definite article + common noun, feminine plural - the years
• *šānāh*: common noun, feminine singular - year

Word Meanings

• *šabbətōt*: sabbaths/weeks/seven-year periods
• *sāpartā*: you shall count/you shall reckon/you shall number
• *pəʿāmîm*: times/instances/occurrences

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And you shall number seven sabbaths of years to you, seven times seven years; and the time of the seven sabbaths of years shall be to you forty-nine years.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and there shall be unto thee the days of seven sabbaths of years, even forty and nine years.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Then numbre seuen wekes of yeres, that is, seuen tymes seuen yere: and the space of the seuen wekes of yeres will be vnto the.xlix. yere.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And thou shalt nombre seuen of these yeare Sabbathes, that seuen yeares maye be tolde seuen tymes, and so the tyme of the seuen yeare Sabbathes make nyne and fourtye yeares.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Also thou shalt number seuen Sabbaths of yeeres vnto thee, euen seuen times seuen yeere: and the space of the seuen Sabbaths of yeeres will be vnto thee nine and fourtie yeere.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And thou shalt number seuen Sabbathes of yeres vnto thee, euen seuen tymes seuen yere, and the space of the seuen Sabbathes of yeres wylbe vnto thee nine and fourtie yeres.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "'You shall count off seven Sabbaths of years, seven times seven years; and there shall be to you the days of seven Sabbaths of years, even forty-nine years.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And thou hast numbered to thee seven sabbaths of years, seven years seven times, and the days of the seven sabbaths of years have been to thee nine and forty years,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and there shall be unto thee the days of seven sabbaths of years, even forty and nine years.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and there shall be unto thee the days of seven sabbaths of years, even forty and nine years.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And let seven Sabbaths of years be numbered to you, seven times seven years; even the days of seven Sabbaths of years, that is forty-nine years;

• World English Bible (2000)

  "'You shall count off seven Sabbaths of years, seven times seven years; and there shall be to you the days of seven Sabbaths of years, even forty-nine years.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Regulations for the Jubilee Year of Release“‘You must count off seven weeks of years, seven times seven years, and the days of the seven weeks of years will amount to forty-nine years.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 23:15 : 15 You shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, seven full weeks shall be counted.
• Gen 2:2 : 2 On the seventh day, God finished the work He had been doing. On that day, He rested from all the work He had accomplished.