Deuteronomy 15:2:3Deut.15.2.W3TAB
הַשְּׁמִטָּה֒
hashmeetah
“of the release”
- Transliteration
- hash-mee-TAH
- Extended
- hash-she-mi-TAH
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃəmiˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the release
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
hash-mee-TAH
- phraseyour reading level
de-VAR hash-mee-TAH
- clause
ve-ZEH de-VAR hash-mee-TAH sha-MOT kol-BA-al ma-SHEH ya-DO a-SHER ya-SHEH be-re-EH-hu
- sentence
ve-ZEH de-VAR hash-mee-TAH sha-MOT kol-BA-al ma-SHEH ya-DO a-SHER ya-SHEH be-re-EH-hu lo-yig-GOS et-re-EH-hu ve-et-a-KHIV ki-ka-RA shmee-TAH la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The construct chain devar-hashmittah {דְּבַר הַשְּׁמִטָּה | də-var hašə-miṭṭāh} ‘matter of the release’ names the subject.
Root and etymology
š-m-ṭShin-Mem-Tet
“to let go, release”
In context — Deuteronomy 15:2
And this is the matter of the release: Every creditor shall release what he has lent to his neighbor; he shall not exact it from his neighbor—his brother—because a release has been proclaimed for the LORD .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 15:2, so the Hebrew word הַשְּׁמִטָּה֒ (hashmeetah) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.15.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.2.W3.S1) and character.