שְׁמִטָּה
she.mit.tah
“remission”
Definition
remission (of debt) or suspension of labor)
from H8058 (שָׁמַט);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
שְׁמִטָּה appears 4 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.
This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed.
Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
Then Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission of debt, during the Feast of Tabernacles,
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