HebrewH8059Noun (Feminine)

שְׁמִטָּה

she.mit.tah

4Occurrences
H8059Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

remission (of debt) or suspension of labor)

from H8058 (שָׁמַט);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
letting drop of exactions, (temporary) remitting, release (from debt)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

שְׁמִטָּה appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Deuteronomy
4

Key Passages

Deuteronomy 15:1BSB

At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.

Deuteronomy 15:2BSB

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.

Deuteronomy 15:9BSB

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.

Deuteronomy 31:10BSB

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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