Leviticus 25:20
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
But ifוְכִ֣י
(ve·chi)
3588: that, for, whena prim. conjunction
you say,תֹאמְר֔וּ
(to·me·ru,)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
"Whatמַה־
(mah-)
4100: what? how? anythinga prim. interrogative and indefinite particle
are we going to eatנֹּאכַ֖ל
(no·chal)
398: to eata prim. root
on the seventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֑ת
(ha·she·vi·'it;)
7637: seventh (an ord. number)from sheba
yearבַּשָּׁנָ֣ה
(ba·sha·nah)
8141: a yearfrom shana
ifהֵ֚ן
(hen)
2005: lo! behold!a prim. interj.
we do not sowנִזְרָ֔ע
(niz·ra,)
2232: to sow, scatter seeda prim. root
or gatherנֶאֱסֹ֖ף
(ne·'e·sof)
622: to gather, removea prim. root
in our crops?"תְּבוּאָתֵֽנוּ׃
(te·vu·'a·te·nu.)
8393: product, revenuefrom bo


















KJV Lexicon
And if ye shall say
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
What shall we eat
'akal  (aw-kal')
to eat -- at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, freely, in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, quite.
the seventh
shbiy`iy  (sheb-ee-ee')
seventh -- seventh (time).
year
shaneh  (shaw-neh')
a year (as a revolution of time) -- + whole age, long, + old, year(-ly).
behold we shall not sow
zara`  (zaw-rah')
to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify -- bear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield.
nor gather
'acaph  (aw-saf')
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove
in our increase
tbuw'ah  (teb-oo-aw')
income, i.e. produce -- fruit, gain, increase, revenue.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
'But if you say, "What are we going to eat on the seventh year if we do not sow or gather in our crops?"

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If you wonder: 'What will we eat in the seventh year if we don't sow or gather our produce?'

International Standard Version
"Now if you ask, 'What will we eat during the seventh year? After all, we may not plant or even gather our produce!'

NET Bible
If you say, 'What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow and gather our produce?'

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You may ask, 'What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not plant or bring in our crops?'

King James 2000 Bible
And if you shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
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