Deuteronomy 15:9:11Deut.15.9.W11TAB

הַשְּׁמִטָּה֒

hashmitah

of release

Transliteration
hash-mi-TAH
Extended
hash-mee-TAH
IPA
/haʃ.miˈtaː/

Meaning by language

English
of release

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַשְּׁ + מִ + טָּה֒
hash + mi + tah
hashmitah

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tett — emphatic
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    hash-mi-TAH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    she-NAT hash-mi-TAH

  3. clause

    hi-sha-MER le-KHA pen-yi-he-YEH da-VAR im-le-vav-KHA be-li-YA-al le-MOR kar-VAH she-NAT-ha-SHE-va she-NAT hash-mi-TAH ve-ra-AH ei-ne-KHA be-a-khi-KHA ha-ev-YON ve-LO ti-TEN LO

  4. sentence

    hi-sha-MER le-KHA pen-yi-he-YEH da-VAR im-le-vav-KHA be-li-YA-al le-MOR kar-VAH she-NAT-ha-SHE-va she-NAT hash-mi-TAH ve-ra-AH ei-ne-KHA be-a-khi-KHA ha-ev-YON ve-LO ti-TEN LO ve-ka-RA a-lei-KHA el-ye-ho-VAH ve-ha-YA be-KHA KHET

Exegesis

The infinitive lemor {לֵאמֹר | lêʾmôr} ‘saying’ introduces direct speech with the temporal markers shnat-hasheva {שְׁנַת־הַשֶּׁבַע | še·nat-haš·šē·ḇaʿ} ‘the seventh year’ and hashemitah {הַשְּׁמִטָּה | haš·mîṯ·ṯāh} ‘year of release.’

Root and etymology

Rootshin mem tet

to release, abandon

In contextDeuteronomy 15:9

Beware for yourself, lest there be a worthless matter in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release draws near,” and your eye is evil toward your needy brother, and you do not give him anything, and he calls out against you to the LORD , and it becomes sin in you.

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 15:9:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Deuteronomy 15:9, so the Hebrew word הַשְּׁמִטָּה֒ (hashmitah) 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.15.9.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.9.W11.S1) and character.