Leviticus 27:24

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

In the Year of Jubilee, the field will return to the original owner from whom it was purchased, the one who holds it as their ancestral inheritance.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בִּשְׁנַ֤ת הַיּוֹבֵל֙ יָשׁ֣וּב הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה לַאֲשֶׁ֥ר קָנָ֖הוּ מֵאִתּ֑וֹ לַאֲשֶׁר־ל֖וֹ אֲחֻזַּ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

In-šᵉnat the-yôbēl yāšûb the-śādeh to-whom qānāhû from-him, to-whom-to-him ʾăḥuzzat the-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

• *šᵉnat*: common noun, feminine singular construct - year of
• *yôbēl*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the jubilee
• *yāšûb*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will return
• *śādeh*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the field
• *qānāhû*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - he bought it
• *ʾăḥuzzat*: common noun, feminine singular construct - possession of
• *ʾāreṣ*: common noun, feminine singular with definite article - the land

Word Meanings

• *yāšûb*: return/revert/go back
• *ʾăḥuzzat* *hāʾāreṣ*: possession of the land/landholding/inherited land

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  In the year of the jubi the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  In the year of the Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belonged.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  In the year of jubilee the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongeth.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  But in the trompet yere, the felde shall returne vnto him, of whome he boughte it, whose enheritaunce of londe it was.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But in ye yeare of Iubilye it shal returne vnto him that bought it, yt it maye be his inheritaunce in the londe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But in the yeere of Iubile, the fielde shall returne vnto him, of whome it was bought: to him, I say, whose inheritance the land was.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And in the yere of Iubilee, the fielde shall returne vnto him of whom it was bought, to hym whose inheritaunce of lande it was.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, [even] to him to whom the possession of the land [did belong].

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongs.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  in the year of the jubilee the field returneth to him from whom he bought it, to him whose `is' the possession of the land.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  In the year of jubilee the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongeth.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  In the year of jubilee the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongeth.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  In the year of Jubilee the field will go back to him from whom he got it, that is, to him whose heritage it was.

• World English Bible (2000)

  In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongs.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  In the jubilee year the field will return to the one from whom he bought it, the one to whom it belongs as landed property.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 25:28 : 28 But if he cannot afford to repay, what he sold will remain with the buyer until the Year of Jubilee; in the Jubilee it will be released, and he will return to his property.
• Lev 27:20 : 20 If they do not redeem the field, or if they have sold it to someone else, it can no longer be redeemed.