The Meaning of Leviticus 25:16 Explained

Leviticus 25:16

KJV: According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.

YLT: according to the multitude of the years thou dost multiply its price, and according to the fewness of the years thou dost diminish its price; for a number of increases he is selling to thee;

Darby: According to the greater number of the years, thou shalt increase the price thereof; and according to the fewness of years, thou shalt diminish the price of it; for it is the number of crops that he selleth unto thee.

ASV: According to the multitude of the years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt diminish the price of it; for the number of the crops doth he sell unto thee.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

According  to the multitude  of years  thou shalt increase  the price  thereof, and according  to the fewness  of years  thou shalt diminish  the price  of it: for [according] to the number  [of the years] of the fruits  doth he sell  unto thee. 

What does Leviticus 25:16 Mean?

Context Summary

Leviticus 25:1-17 - The Sabbatical Year And The Jubilee
As the weekly Sabbath was to give septennial rest for man and beast, so the sabbatical year, returning after six years of unbroken harvests was to be a rest for the land "unto the Lord." The year of jubilee, at the end of seven weeks of years, gave an opportunity of restoration for the poor and those who had been compelled to alienate their lands. The year of jubilee points onward to the "redemption of the purchased possession," Ephesians 1:14, when all the disabilities which have befallen us shall be made good, and we shall regain all that glorious inheritance which was ours in the divine purpose, but which we have alienated by our sin.
With what joy must thousands have heard the notes of that trumpet sounding out over the land! Yes, and the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. Then incorruption shall inherit the kingdom of God! See 1 Corinthians 15:52. [source]

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 25

1  the Sabbath of the seventh year
8  The jubilee in the fiftieth year
14  Of oppression
18  A blessing of obedience
23  The redemption of land
29  Of houses
35  Compassion to the poor
39  The usage of bondmen
47  The redemption of servants

What do the individual words in Leviticus 25:16 mean?

According to the multitude of years you shall increase its price and according to fewer number of the years you shall diminish its price for [according] to the number [of the years] of the crops he sells to you
לְפִ֣י ׀ רֹ֣ב הַשָּׁנִ֗ים תַּרְבֶּה֙ מִקְנָת֔וֹ וּלְפִי֙ מְעֹ֣ט הַשָּׁנִ֔ים תַּמְעִ֖יט מִקְנָת֑וֹ כִּ֚י מִסְפַּ֣ר תְּבוּאֹ֔ת ה֥וּא מֹכֵ֖ר לָֽךְ

לְפִ֣י ׀  According  to 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: פֶּה  
Sense: mouth.
רֹ֣ב  the  multitude 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: רֹב  
Sense: multitude, abundance, greatness.
הַשָּׁנִ֗ים  of  years 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
תַּרְבֶּה֙  you  shall  increase 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: הַרְבָּה 
Sense: be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous.
מִקְנָת֔וֹ  its  price 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מִקְנָה  
Sense: purchase.
וּלְפִי֙  and  according  to 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: פֶּה  
Sense: mouth.
מְעֹ֣ט  fewer  number 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: מָעַט  
Sense: to be or become small, be few, be diminished.
הַשָּׁנִ֔ים  of  the  years 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
תַּמְעִ֖יט  you  shall  diminish 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: מָעַט  
Sense: to be or become small, be few, be diminished.
מִקְנָת֑וֹ  its  price 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מִקְנָה  
Sense: purchase.
מִסְפַּ֣ר  [according]  to  the  number  [of  the  years] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִסְפָּר  
Sense: number, tale.
תְּבוּאֹ֔ת  of  the  crops 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: תְּבוּאָה  
Sense: produce, product, revenue.
מֹכֵ֖ר  sells 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: מָכַר  
Sense: to sell.
לָֽךְ  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular

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