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title: שְׁמִטָּה — a letting drop · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁמִטָּה (8059), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: a letting drop. BDB 1906: n.f. letting drop remitting. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁמִטָּה

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«שְׁמִטָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a letting drop** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 8059 · **BDB:** שְׁמִטָּה

### Glosses

the.remission (3); a.remission (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a letting drop [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8059/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. letting drop remitting [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8059/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. a letting drop of exactions, a (temporary) remitting: תַּעֲשֶׂה שׁ׳ Dt 15:1 (at end of seven years), v 2 כִּי קָרָא שׁ׳ לי׳; whence seventh year is שְׁנַת הַשּׁ׳ v 9; 31:10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁמִטָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8059/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 15:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.15.1/)

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מִקֵּ֥ץ שֶֽׁבַע־שָׁנִ֖ים תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה שְׁמִטָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* from.\[the\] end of.seven years you.will.observe a.remission

*JPS 1917:* At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.

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[Deuteronomy 31:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.31.10/)

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וַיְצַ֥ו מֹשֶׁ֖ה אוֹתָ֣ם לֵאמֹ֑ר מִקֵּ֣ץ ׀ שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֗ים בְּמֹעֵ֛ד שְׁנַ֥ת הַשְּׁמִטָּ֖ה בְּחַ֥ג הַסֻּכּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and he.commanded Moses them (cmp) from.\[the\] end of.seven years at the.appointed.time of.the.year of the.remission at the.festival of the.booths

*JPS 1917:* And Moses commanded them, saying: 'At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,

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