Leviticus 25:27

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{ "verseID": "Leviticus.25.27", "source": "וְחִשַּׁב֙ אֶת־שְׁנֵ֣י מִמְכָּר֔וֹ וְהֵשִׁיב֙ אֶת־הָ֣עֹדֵ֔ף לָאִ֖ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר מָֽכַר־ל֑וֹ וְשָׁ֖ב לַאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃", "text": "And *wə-ḥiššab* [he-shall-count] *ʾet*-*šənê* [years-of] *mimkārô* [his-sale] and *wə-hēšîb* [he-shall-restore] *ʾet*-*hā-ʿōdēp* [the-surplus] to-*lā-ʾîš* [the-man] who *ʾăšer* *mākar*-*lô* [he-sold-to-him] and *wə-šāb* [he-shall-return] to-*la-ʾăḥuzzātô* [his-possession]", "grammar": { "*wə-ḥiššab*": "conjunction + verb, Piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he shall count/calculate", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*šənê*": "noun, feminine plural construct - years of", "*mimkārô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his sale", "*wə-hēšîb*": "conjunction + verb, Hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he shall return/restore", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*hā-ʿōdēp*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the excess/surplus", "*lā-ʾîš*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - to the man", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - who/which", "*mākar*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he sold", "*lô*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to/for him", "*wə-šāb*": "conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he shall return", "*la-ʾăḥuzzātô*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to his possession" }, "variants": { "*ḥāšab*": "count/reckon/calculate/consider", "*šānāh*": "year/time period", "*mimkār*": "sale/thing sold/merchandise", "*šûb*": "return/restore/bring back", "*ʿōdēp*": "excess/surplus/remainder", "*ʾîš*": "man/husband/person", "*mākar*": "sell/hand over", "*ʾăḥuzzāh*": "possession/property/holding" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְחִשַּׁב֙ אֶת־שְׁנֵ֣י מִמְכָּר֔וֹ וְהֵשִׁיב֙ אֶת־הָ֣עֹדֵ֔ף לָאִ֖ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר מָֽכַר־ל֑וֹ וְשָׁ֖ב לַאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And wə-ḥiššab [he-shall-count] ʾet-šənê [years-of] mimkārô [his-sale] and wə-hēšîb [he-shall-restore] ʾet-hā-ʿōdēp [the-surplus] to-lā-ʾîš [the-man] who ʾăšer mākar-lô [he-sold-to-him] and wə-šāb [he-shall-return] to-la-ʾăḥuzzātô [his-possession]

Grammar Details

• *wə-ḥiššab*: conjunction + verb, Piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he shall count/calculate
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *šənê*: noun, feminine plural construct - years of
• *mimkārô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his sale
• *wə-hēšîb*: conjunction + verb, Hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he shall return/restore
• *hā-ʿōdēp*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the excess/surplus
• *lā-ʾîš*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - to the man
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who/which
• *mākar*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he sold
• *lô*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to/for him
• *wə-šāb*: conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he shall return
• *la-ʾăḥuzzātô*: preposition + noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to his possession

Word Meanings

• *ḥāšab*: count/reckon/calculate/consider
• *šānāh*: year/time period
• *mimkār*: sale/thing sold/merchandise
• *šûb*: return/restore/bring back
• *ʿōdēp*: excess/surplus/remainder
• *ʾîš*: man/husband/person
• *mākar*: sell/hand over
• *ʾăḥuzzāh*: possession/property/holding

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  he shall calculate the years since its sale, refund the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and then return to his property.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then t him count the years of the sa thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Then let him count the years of the sale, and restore the surplus to the man to whom he sold it; that he may return to his possession.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  then let him reckon the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return unto his possession.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  then let him counte how longe it hath bene solde, and delyuer the rest vnto him to whome he solde it, ad so he shall returne vnto his possession agayne.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  then shall it be rekened how many yeares it hath bene solde, and the remnaunt shal be restored vnto him to whom he solde it, yt he maie come agayne to his possession.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then shal he count the yeeres of his sale, & restore the ouerplus to the man, to whome he solde it: so shall he returne to his possession.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The let hym count howe long it hath ben solde, and delyuer the rest vnto the man to whom he solde it, that he may returne to his possession agayne.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  then let him reckon the years since the sale of it, and restore the surplus to the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return to his property.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  then he hath reckoned the years of its sale, and hath given back that which is over to the man to whom he sold `it', and he hath returned to his possession.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  then let him reckon the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return unto his possession.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  then let him reckon the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return unto his possession.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then let him take into account the years from the time when he gave it up, and make up the loss for the rest of the years to him who took it, and so get back his property.

• World English Bible (2000)

  then let him reckon the years since its sale, and restore the surplus to the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return to his property.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  he is to calculate the value of the years it was sold, refund the balance to the man to whom he had sold it, and return to his property.