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Leviticus 25:20

And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:

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וְכִ֣יvekhiand assuredכִּיconjunction, conjunction — “and assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…תֹאמְר֔וּtomrvsayאָמַרverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “say”, an unfinished actionH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…מַהmahhowמָהparticle, interrogative — “how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.נֹּאכַ֤֖לnokhaleatאָכַלverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, plural — “eat”, an unfinished actionH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.בַּשָּׁנָ֣הbashanahin yearשָׁנֶהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).הַשְּׁבִיעִ֑תhashviitthe seventhשְׁבִיעִיdefinite article, adjective, ordinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “the seventh”, the ordinary formH7637seventhseventh (time).הֵ֚ןhenifהֵןparticle, demonstrative — “if”H2005lo!; also (as expressing surprise) ifbehold, if, lo, though.לֹ֣אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…נִזְרָ֔עnizrabearזָרַעverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, plural — “bear”, an unfinished actionH2232to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructifybear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield.וְלֹ֥אveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…נֶאֱסֹ֖ףneesofdestroyאָסַףverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, plural — “destroy”, an unfinished actionH622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).תְּבוּאָתֵֽנוּtevuatenvfruitתְּבוּאָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “fruit”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8393income, i.e. produce (literally or figuratively)fruit, gain, increase, revenue.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And if ye shall say: 'What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we may not sow, nor gather in our increase';

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American Standard Version (1901)

And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;

Young’s Literal Translation

'And when ye say, What do we eat in the seventh year, lo, we do not sow, nor gather our increase?

World English Bible

If you said, “What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;”

Darby Translation

And if ye say, What shall we eat in the seventh year? behold, we may not sow, nor gather in our produce;

Douay-Rheims

But if you say: What shall we eat the seventh year, if we sow not, nor gather our fruits?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And if ye shall say: 'What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we may not sow, nor gather in our increase';

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And if ye should say, What shall we eat in this seventh year, if we do not sow nor gather in our fruits?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐὰν δὲ λέγητε, τί φαγόμεθα ἐν τῷ ἔτει τῷ ἑβδόμῳ τούτῳ, ἐὰν μὴ σπείρωμεν μηδὲ συναγάγωμεν τὰ γεννήματα ἡμῶν;