Leviticus 25:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

And you shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in you shall eat of the old store.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּזְרַעְתֶּ֗ם אֵ֚ת הַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשְּׁמִינִ֔ת וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֖ם מִן־הַתְּבוּאָ֣ה יָשָׁ֑ן עַ֣ד ׀ הַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַתְּשִׁיעִ֗ת עַד־בּוֹא֙ תְּב֣וּאָתָ֔הּ תֹּאכְל֖וּ יָשָֽׁן׃

Transliteration

And û-zəraʿtem [you-shall-sow] ʾēt ha-šānāh [the-year] ha-šəmînît [the-eighth] and wa-ʾăkaltem [you-shall-eat] from-min-ha-təbûʾāh [the-produce] yāšān [old] until-ʿad ha-šānāh [the-year] ha-təšîʿît [the-ninth] until-ʿad-bôʾ [coming-of] təbûʾātāh [her-produce] tōʾklû [you-shall-eat] yāšān [old]

Grammar Details

• *û-zəraʿtem*: conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - and you shall sow/plant
• *ʾēt*: direct object marker
• *ha-šānāh*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the year
• *ha-šəmînît*: definite article + adjective, feminine singular - the eighth
• *wa-ʾăkaltem*: conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - and you shall eat
• *min*: preposition - from
• *ha-təbûʾāh*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the produce/yield/harvest
• *yāšān*: adjective, masculine singular - old/stored
• *ʿad*: preposition - until/as far as
• *ha-təšîʿît*: definite article + adjective, feminine singular - the ninth
• *bôʾ*: verb, Qal infinitive construct - coming/entering
• *təbûʾātāh*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her produce/yield
• *tōʾklû*: verb, Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you shall eat

Word Meanings

• *zāraʿ*: sow/scatter seed/plant
• *šānāh*: year/period of time
• *šəmînî*: eighth
• *ʾākal*: eat/consume/devour
• *təbûʾāh*: produce/yield/harvest/income
• *yāšān*: old/stored/aged
• *təšîʿî*: ninth
• *bôʾ*: come/enter/arrive

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When you sow in the eighth year, you will still be eating from the old produce until the ninth year, when its harvest comes in.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits, the old store; until the ninth year, until its fruits come in, ye shall eat the old store.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and it shall brynge forth frute for thre yeres: and ye shall sowe the eyghte yere and eate of olde frute vntill the.ix. yere, and euen vntyll hir frutes come, ye shall eate of olde stoare.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  that it shal brynge forth frute for thre yeare: so that ye shal sowe in ye eight yeare, and eate of the olde frute vntyll the nyenth yeare, that ye maye eate of the olde tyll new frutes come agayne.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And ye shall sowe the eight yeere, & eate of the olde fruite vntill the ninth yeere: vntill the fruite thereof come, ye shall eate the olde.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And ye shall sowe the eyght yere, and eate yet of olde fruite vntyll the ninth yere: euen vntill her fruites come ye shall eate of olde store.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat [yet] of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat [of] the old [store].

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits, the old store; until the ninth year, until its fruits come in, you shall eat the old store.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and ye have sown the eighth year, and have eaten of the old increase; until the ninth year, until the coming in of its increase, ye do eat the old.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits, the old store; until the ninth year, until its fruits come in, ye shall eat the old store.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits, the old store; until the ninth year, until its fruits come in, ye shall eat the old store.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And in the eighth year you will put in your seed, and get your food from the old stores, till the fruit of the ninth year is ready.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits, the old store; until the ninth year, until its fruits come in, you shall eat the old store.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  and you may sow the eighth year and eat from that sixth year’s produce– old produce. Until you bring in the ninth year’s produce, you may eat old produce.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 26:10 : 10 And you shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.
• 2 Kgs 19:29 : 29 And this shall be a sign to you: you shall eat this year what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs of the same; and in the third year, sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.
• Isa 37:30 : 30 And this shall be a sign to you: You shall eat this year such as grows of itself; and the second year what springs of the same: and in the third year sow, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
• Josh 5:11-12 : 11 And they ate of the old grain of the land on the day after the Passover, unleavened bread, and parched grain on the same day. 12 And the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten of the old grain of the land; neither did the children of Israel have manna any more, but they ate of the produce of the land of Canaan that year.