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Leviticus 25:3

Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;

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שֵׁ֤שׁsheshsixשֵׁשׁadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “six”, the ordinary formH8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixthsix(-teen, -teenth), sixth.שָׁנִים֙shanimyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).תִּזְרַ֣עtizrabearזָרַעverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “bear”, an unfinished actionH2232to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructifybear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield.שָׂדֶ֔ךָsadekhafieldשָׂדֶהnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “field”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7704a field (as flat)country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild.וְשֵׁ֥שׁvesheshand sixשֵׁשׁconjunction, adjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “and six”, the ordinary formH8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixthsix(-teen, -teenth), sixth.שָׁנִ֖יםshanimyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).תִּזְמֹ֣רtizmorpruneזָמַרverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “prune”, an unfinished actionH2168to trim (a vine)prune.כַּרְמֶ֑ךָkarmekhavineyardכֶּרֶםnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “vineyard”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3754a garden or vineyardvines, (increase of the) vineyard(-s), vintage. See also H1021 (בֵּית הַכֶּרֶם).וְאָסַפְתָּ֖veasaftaand destroyאָסַףconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and destroy”, a completed action in a sequenceH622to 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).תְּבוּאָתָֽהּtevuatahfruitתְּבוּאָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “fruit”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8393income, i.e. produce (literally or figuratively)fruit, gain, increase, revenue.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the produce thereof.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruits thereof;

Young’s Literal Translation

'Six years thou dost sow thy field, and six years thou dost prune thy vineyard, and hast gathered its increase,

World English Bible

You shall sow your field six years, and you shall prune your vineyard six years, and gather in its fruits;

Darby Translation

Six years shalt thou sow thy field, and six years shalt thou prune thy vineyard, and gather in the produce thereof,

Douay-Rheims

Six years thou shalt sow thy field and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and shalt gather the fruits thereof:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the produce thereof.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vine, and gather in its fruit.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἓξ ἔτη σπερεῖς τὸν ἀγρόν σου, καὶ ἓξ ἔτη τεμεῖς τὴν ἄμπελόν σου, καὶ συνάξεις τὸν καρπὸν αὐτῆς.