The Meaning of Deuteronomy 15:1 Explained

Deuteronomy 15:1

KJV: At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.

YLT: 'At the end of seven years thou dost make a release,

Darby: At the end of seven years thou shalt make a release,

ASV: At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

At the end  of [every] seven  years  thou shalt make  a release. 

What does Deuteronomy 15:1 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 15

1  The seventh year a year of release for the poor
7  one must be generous in lending or giving
12  A Hebrew servant, except by choice, must be freed in the seventh year
19  All firstborn males of the cattle are to be sanctified unto the Lord

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 15:1 mean?

At the end of [every] seven years you shall grant a release [of debts]
מִקֵּ֥ץ שֶֽׁבַע־ שָׁנִ֖ים תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה שְׁמִטָּֽה

מִקֵּ֥ץ  At  the  end 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קֵץ  
Sense: end.
שֶֽׁבַע־  of  [every]  seven 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: שֶׁבַע  
Sense: seven (cardinal number).
שָׁנִ֖ים  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה  you  shall  grant 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
שְׁמִטָּֽה  a  release  [of  debts] 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שְׁמִטָּה  
Sense: letting drop of exactions, (temporary) remitting, release (from debt).