Leviticus 25:20

Hebrew
וְכִ֣י תֹאמְר֔וּ מַה נֹּאכַ֤֖ל בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשְּׁבִיעִ֑ת הֵ֚ן לֹ֣א נִזְרָ֔ע וְלֹ֥א נֶאֱסֹ֖ף אֶתplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigאֵת

hebrew

The Hebrew אֵת word does not have a corresponding word in English. In Hebrew, it is a marker of the accusative, i.e. the word following it is the object of the sentence.

For example, in Genesis 1:1 the word is preceded by בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים (
תְּבוּאָתֵֽנוּ
ESV
And if you say, 'What shall we eat in the seventh year, if we may not sow or gather in our crop?'
NIV
You may ask, “What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not plant or harvest our crops?”
NLT
But you might ask, 'What will we eat during the seventh year, since we are not allowed to plant or harvest crops that year?'
LXX
ἐὰν δὲplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδέ

greek

δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English.
λέγητε τί φαγόμεθα ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν

greek

Preposition meaning “in”.
τῷplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
ἔτει τῷplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
ἑβδόμῳ τούτῳplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigοὗτος / αὕτη /τοῦτο

greek

Meaning:

* These or this * This one, this person, this thing * They or he or she or it

Demonstrative pronoun.

οὗτος usually refers to something close to the speaker — “this” as opposed to ἐκεῖνος (John 9:161 John 5:111 Corinthians 15:501 John 4:9John 5:1Matthew 3:17John 7:26Luke 22:19
ἐὰν μὴ σπείρωμεν μηδὲ συναγάγωμεν τὰplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
γενήματα ἡμῶν
KJV
And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:

Leviticus 25:19 ← Leviticus 25:20 → Leviticus 25:21

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