8059. shemittah

Strong's Lexicon

shemittah: Release, remission, sabbatical year

Original Word: שְׁמִטָּה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: shemittah
Pronunciation: shem-ee-tah
Phonetic Spelling: (shem-it-taw')
Definition: Release, remission, sabbatical year
Meaning: remission, suspension of labor)

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from shamat
Definition
a letting drop, a (temporary) remitting
NASB Translation
remission (5).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

שְׁמִטָּה noun feminine a letting drop of exactions, a (temporary) remitting: ׳תַּעֲשֶׂה שׁ Deuteronomy 15:1(at end of seven years), Deuteronomy 15:2 ׳לי ׳כִּי קָרָא שׁ; whence seventh year is ׳שְׁנַת הַשּׁ Deuteronomy 15:9; Deuteronomy 31:10.

שְׁמִירָמוֺת see below שֵׁם. p. 1029.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

release

From shamat; remission (of debt) or suspension of labor) -- release.

see HEBREW shamat

Forms and Transliterations

הַשְּׁמִטָּ֖ה הַשְּׁמִטָּה֒ השמטה שְׁמִטָּ֖ה שְׁמִטָּֽה׃ שמטה שמטה׃ haš·šə·miṭ·ṭāh hashshemitTah haššəmiṭṭāh šə·miṭ·ṭāh šəmiṭṭāh shemitTah

Englishman's Concordance

Deuteronomy 15:1
HEB: שָׁנִ֖ים תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה שְׁמִטָּֽה׃
NAS: you shall grant a remission [of debts].
KJV: years thou shalt make a release.
INT: years shall grant A remission

Deuteronomy 15:2
HEB: וְזֶה֮ דְּבַ֣ר הַשְּׁמִטָּה֒ שָׁמ֗וֹט כָּל־
NAS: is the manner of remission: every
KJV: And this [is] the manner of the release: Every creditor
INT: This is the manner of remission shall release every

Deuteronomy 15:2
HEB: כִּֽי־ קָרָ֥א שְׁמִטָּ֖ה לַֽיהוָֽה׃
NAS: the LORD'S remission has been proclaimed.
KJV: the LORD'S release.
INT: because has been proclaimed remission the LORD'S

Deuteronomy 15:9
HEB: הַשֶּׁבַע֮ שְׁנַ֣ת הַשְּׁמִטָּה֒ וְרָעָ֣ה עֵֽינְךָ֗
NAS: the year of remission, is near,'
KJV: the year of release, is at hand;
INT: the seventh the year of remission is hostile eye

Deuteronomy 31:10
HEB: בְּמֹעֵ֛ד שְׁנַ֥ת הַשְּׁמִטָּ֖ה בְּחַ֥ג הַסֻּכּֽוֹת׃
NAS: of the year of remission of debts, at the Feast
KJV: of the year of release, in the feast
INT: the time of the year of remission the Feast of Booths

5 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 8059
5 Occurrences

haš·šə·miṭ·ṭāh — 3 Occ.
šə·miṭ·ṭāh — 2 Occ.