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Leviticus 26:10 — Word Study

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WLCוַאֲכַלְתֶּ֥ם יָשָׁ֖ן נוֹשָׁ֑ן וְיָשָׁ֕ן מִפְּנֵ֥י חָדָ֖שׁ תּוֹצִֽיאוּ׃

BSAYou will still be eatingʼâkal [old store, long kept] the oldyâshân [stored, vintage] supply of grainyâshên when you need to clear it outyâtsâʼ [bring forth, take out] to make room forpânîym [because of the presence] the newchâdâsh [fresh, recently created]

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Leviticus 26:10quick helps
In a sentenceGod promises abundance in the land, where the old grain supply will last until the new harvest arrives.
Who is speakingGod, addressing the Israelites.
Where we areIn a section discussing blessings for obedience.
The hard wordחָדָשׁ
Take awayThe old will sustain until the new is ready.
7 commentators on this verse Gill, Jamieson, Poole, Trapp & more — read them › clause verbאָכַל The sentence as the grammar sees it Open the tree ›
How rare are these words?in the Old Testament

Every word here is used elsewhere in the Old Testament.

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Deep Study — Leviticus 26:10

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Context — Blessings for Obediencegenerated

9I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.
10You will still be eating the old supply of grain when you need to clear it out to make room for the new.
11And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.
12I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people.

Leviticus 26:10 describes a time when the Israelites will experience God's abundant blessings, emphasizing that they will still be consuming the old grain harvest while preparing for the new. This reflects God's provision and care for His people, ensuring that they will not lack sustenance. It ties into the broader context of Leviticus, where God outlines the blessings that come from obedience to His commandments.


Cross References

ReferenceText (BSB)
1Leviticus 25:22While you are sowing in the eighth year, you will be eating from the previous harvest, until the ninth year’s harvest comes in.
2Joshua 5:11The day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate unleavened bread and roasted grain from the produce of the land.
32 Kings 19:29And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
4Luke 12:17So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 4 references, hung on the phrase they belong to

And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.Leviticus 25:22 Joshua 5:11 2 Kings 19:29 Luke 12:17

The Key Word יָשָׁן, ya.Shangenerated

The verb אָכַל (akal) means 'to eat' and covers a wide range of meanings, including literal consumption and figurative uses. In this verse, it indicates the act of consuming the old grain, emphasizing nourishment and satisfaction.

The adjective יָשָׁן (yashan) means 'old' and describes something that has been stored for a long time. It conveys the idea of something that has aged but is still useful and nourishing, as seen in the context of the harvest.


How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated

This study reads the verse in the Berean Standard Bible, so the BSB is the wording every comparison below is made against.


Sentence Structuregenerated

The main verb of the verse is וַאֲכַלְתֶּם (va'achaltem), and you will eat, which governs the entire clause. The structure is straightforward, with the object יָשָׁן (yashan) following the verb, indicating what is being eaten.

The prepositional phrase מִפְּנֵי (mi'peney), from before, introduces the reason for clearing out the old grain, leading to the new harvest described by the adjective חָדָשׁ (chadash).


Septuagint Backgroundgenerated

The Septuagint translates וַאֲכַלְתֶּם as φάγεσθε (phagesthe), which also means 'you will eat.' This choice reflects a direct translation of the Hebrew meaning.

The word יָשָׁן is rendered as παλαιὰ (palaiā), meaning 'old.' This shows a consistent interpretation of the concept of something aged or stored.


In plain words — the whole versegenerated

Leviticus 26:10 tells us that the Israelites will continue to eat the old grain supply until they have to clear it out for the new harvest. This verse highlights God's promise of abundance and provision for His people.


Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated

What does it mean to eat the old supply of grain?

It signifies that the Israelites will have enough sustenance from the previous harvest until the new one arrives.

Why is the distinction between old and new grain important?

The distinction emphasizes God's provision and the cycle of harvest, ensuring that His people will not go hungry.

How does this verse relate to God's promises?

It illustrates God's faithfulness in providing for His people and fulfilling His promises of abundance.

What can we learn from the concept of old and new supplies?

It teaches us about the importance of recognizing and appreciating past blessings while anticipating new ones.


Reflection Questionsgenerated

  1. How can I recognize the blessings in my life that have sustained me over time?
  2. In what ways can I prepare for new opportunities while still valuing the past?
  3. What does it mean to trust in God's provision for both the old and the new?
  4. How can I share the abundance I have experienced with others?

The early church on this verse — how the Fathers read it

Early Church Fathers referenced this verse to discuss the relationship between the old and new covenants, emphasizing the continuity and fulfillment in Christ.

Origen of AlexandriaCOMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF Matthew 10.15 c. 185–253
For we eat with blessing the old things, the prophetic words and the old things of the old things, the words of the law. And, when the new and evangelical words came, living according to the gospel,
Early Church Fathers on Leviticus 26 →
Ambrose of MilanOn Cain and Abel 2.6.19 c. 339–397
For just as the teachings of the new and old Testaments should come together, as it is written: "Consume the old things of the ancients,
Early Church Fathers on Leviticus 26 →
BedeOn the Tabernacle 1.9 c. 673–735
And we eat the oldest of the old [grain] when we retain in our hearts the sweet memory of the old commandment which was given to the human race from the beginning, by loving the Lord our God with all our heart,
Early Church Fathers on Leviticus 26 →

Commentators on this verse — 7 expositors, verse by verse

Each of these wrote on Leviticus 26:10 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.

John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And ye shall eat old store,.... What is very old, corn of three years old, as Jarchi and Kimchi (m) interpret it; such plenty should they have that it would be so long consuming: and bring forth the

Read John Gill on Leviticus 26 →
Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's Commentary

And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new. Ye shall eat old store. Their stock of old grain would be still unexhausted and large when the next harvest brought a new supply.

Read Robert Jamieson on Leviticus 26 →
Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Bring forth the old, or, cast out, throw them away, as having no occasion to spend them, or give them to the poor, or even to your cattle, that you may make way for the new corn, which also is so plentiful, that of itself will fill up your barns.

Read Matthew Poole on Leviticus 26 →
John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 26:10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.Ver. 10. Because of the new.] Which shall sufficiently secure you from want, though the old were spent.

Read John Trapp on Leviticus 26 →
Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(10) And ye shall eat old store.—Better, old store which hath become old. Though they will thus multiply, there shall be abundant stores for them, which become old because it will take them so long to consume them. And bring forth the old because of the new.—Better, and remove the old on account of the new, that is, they will always have such abundant harvests that they will be obliged to remove from the barns and garners the old stock of corn, in order to make room for the new.

Read Charles John Ellicott on Leviticus 26 →
CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

10. because of the new] better as mg. from before the new. The meaning is that the yield shall be so great that what has been gathered in an earlier year must be carried out of the storehouses or barns to make way for the fresh produce.

Read Cambridge on Leviticus 26 →
Daniel Denison Whedon1808–1885Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

10. Eat old store — Literally, the old grown old. Each crop shall be so abundant that it will last till the new is fully ripened; and so great will be the overplus in the garner that they should

Read Daniel Denison Whedon on Leviticus 26 →

The verse in English, compared — 17 translations, and where they part company

Every translation on this page is a decision someone had to make and commit to. Read down a column and you see one translator's judgement; read across a row and you see the range the Greek actually allows. The BSB is the wording the rest of this page is measured against, so it is listed first.

Modern formal

BSBBerean Standard Bible2020

You will still be eating the old supply of grain when you need to clear it out to make room for the new.

WEBWorld English Bible2000

You shall eat old supplies long kept, and you shall move out the old because of the new.

MSBMajority Standard Bible2022

You will still be eating the old supply of grain when you need to clear it out to make room for the new.

NETBNew English Translation2006

You will still be eating stored produce from the previous year and will have to clean out what is stored from the previous year to make room for new.

Tyndale line

KJVKing James Version1611

And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

ASVAmerican Standard Version1901

And ye shall eat old store long kept, and ye shall bring forth the old because of the new.

RVARevised Version, American1894

And ye shall eat old store long kept, and ye shall bring forth the old because of the new.

NWBWebster's Bible1833

And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

GNVGeneva Bible1599

Ye shall eate also olde store, and cary out olde because of the newe.

Strictly literal

DBYDarby Translation1890

And ye shall eat old store, and clear away the old because of the new.

YLTYoung's Literal Translation1862

and ye have eaten old [store], and the old because of the new ye bring out.

LSVLiteral Standard Version2020

and you have eaten old [store], and you bring out the old because of the new.

ILTInterlinear Literal Translation2000

And ye shall eat very old store, and the old shall ye remove away because of the new.

ULBUnlocked Literal Bible2017

You will eat food stored a long time. You will have to bring out the stored food because you will need the room for the new harvest.

From the Latin

DRADouay-Rheims (Challoner)1899

You shall eat the oldest of the old store, and, new coming on, you shall cast away the old.

Simplified

FBVFree Bible Version2020

You'll still be eating your old stock of grain when you need to get rid of it so you can store the new grain.

BBEBible in Basic English1949

And old stores long kept will be your food, and you will take out the old because of the new;

Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.


The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank

This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.

וַandclauseverbאֲכַלְתֶּ֥םyou.will.eatnoun phrase · objectיָשָׁ֖ןold.harvestנוֹשָׁ֑ןgrowing.oldוְandclauseobjectיָשָׁ֕ןold.harvestprepositional phrase · prepositionalמִfromnoun phraseפְּנֵ֥יbeforeחָדָ֖שׁ[the].new.[harvest]verbתּוֹצִֽיאוּyou.will.bring.out

Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.


The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran

The Masoretic Text is supported by the Samaritan Pentateuch, which agrees word for word. The Septuagint matches six of the seven words from the Hebrew text, indicating a close relationship in the translation process.

Masoretic TextLeningrad Codex, c. AD 1008 — the text this page is built on

וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֥ם יָשָׁ֖ן נוֹשָׁ֑ן וְיָשָׁ֕ן מִפְּנֵ֥י חָדָ֖שׁ תּוֹצִֽיאוּ׃

Septuagintthe Greek the translators chose, word by word
וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֥םφάγεσθεיָשָׁ֖ןπαλαιὰוְיָשָׁ֕ןπαλαιὰמִפְּנֵ֥יπροσώπουחָדָ֖שׁνέωνתּוֹצִֽיאוּ׃ἐχοίσετε

6 of the 7 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.

Samaritan Pentateuchthe Torah as the Samaritan community kept it

ואכלתם ישׁן נושׁן וישׁן מפני חדשׁ תוציאו

Agrees with the Masoretic Text here, word for word.

Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.


The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with

This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Hebrew Bible — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.

Leviticus 26:10אָכַלand you wiland you will eaאָכַליָשָׁןold harvestold harvestיָשָׁןיָשֵׁןgrowing oldgrowing oldיָשֵׁןיָשָׁןand old harand old harvestיָשָׁןפָּנֶהfrom beforefrom beforeפָּנֶהחָדָשׁ[the] new [[the] new [harvחָדָשׁיָצָאyou will bryou will bring יָצָאיָשֵׁןto sleepto sleepיָשֵׁןפָּנָהCorner (GaCorner (Gate)פָּנָהחָדַשׁto renewto renewחָדַשׁשָׁתָהto drinkto drinkשָׁתָהלֶ֫חֶםfoodfoodלֶ֫חֶםנוּםto slumberto slumberנוּםיָשָׁןoldoldיָשָׁןסָתַרto hideto hideסָתַרנוּסto fleeto fleeנוּסעֲגָלָהcartcartעֲגָלָהקָרָאto encountto encounter: mקָרָאגּוֹרָלallottedallottedגּוֹרָל
meets it a little oftener than chancemeets it far oftener than chancebuilt from the same roottwo words of the verse share ita word of this versea related word

Lexicons — every word in Leviticus 26:10

One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Hebrew lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.

Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.

and you will eat old harvest growing old and old harvest from before [the] new [harvest] you will bring out
וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֥םva.'a.khal.Tem and you will eat H398 Verb · Qal · sequential perfect second person masculine plural
810× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
This word means to eat or devour, and it's used in many stories, including when Jesus fed the 5000 with fish and bread in the book of Matthew. It's about taking in nourishment and being satisfied.
Amplified meaning
old store, long kept
Tyndale gloss
to eat
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

אָכַל (akal) means 'to eat' and encompasses a wide range of meanings, including literal consumption by humans and animals, as well as figurative uses like devouring by fire or destruction. It can describe actions such as feeding or causing to eat, and it also appears in contexts of oppression and destruction. The verb has various forms, indicating different subjects and nuances.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

אָכַל 806 vb. eat

Qal

eat, human subject

of beasts, birds, etc., eat, devour

fig. of fire, devour, consume

of sword, devour, slay

in genl., devour, consume, destroy

fig. of oppression, devour the poor

Niph.

be eaten by man

be devoured by fire, consumed

be wasted, destroyed, of flesh

Pu. be consumed

Hiph.

cause to eat, feed with

cause to devoure, obj. sword

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H398 אָכַל eat .. eat, human subject

. of beasts, birds, etc., eat, devour

. fig. of fire, devour, consume

. of sword, devour, slay

. in genl., devour, consume, destroy

. fig. of oppression, devour the poor

. . be eaten by man

. be devoured by fire, consumed

. be wasted, destroyed, of flesh

. be consumed

. . cause to eat, feed with

. cause to devoure, obj. sword

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

398 'akal aw-kal'

a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively):--X at

all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up),

feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay)

meat, X quite.

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

אָכַל (a.khal) — to eat.

1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to eat (human subject)

1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds)

1a3) to devour, consume (of fire)

1a4) to devour, slay (of sword)

1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought)

1a6) to devour (of oppression)

1b) (Niphal)

1b1) to be eaten (by men)

1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire)

1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh)

1c) (Pual)

1c1) to cause to eat, feed with

1c2) to cause to devour

1d) (Hiphil)

1d1) to feed

1d2) to cause to eat

1e) (Piel)

1e1) consume

Aramaic equivalent: a.khal (אֲכַל "to devour" H0399)

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Conj | V-Qal-2mp — Verb · Qal · sequential perfect second person masculine plural
Hc/Vqq2mp
and you will eat old harvest growing old and old harvest from before [the] new [harvest] you will bring out
יָשָׁ֖ןya.Shan old harvest H3465 Adj
7× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
Means old or something that has been stored, like the old things in the temple in 2 Kings 12:9. It describes something that has been around for a long time.
Amplified meaning
stored, vintage
Tyndale gloss
old
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

יָשָׁן (yashan) means 'old,' with connotations of being withered or lifeless, similar to a drooping plant. It is derived from the root word for 'to be old' and can also refer to storage or something that is stored. The entries do not provide significant disagreement.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

יָשָׁן adj. old (orig., as it seems, withered, flabby, like a lifeless plant with top hanging down, as if in sleep)

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H3465 יָשָׁן old (orig., as it seems, withered, flabby, like a lifeless plant with top hanging down, as if in sleep)

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

3465 yashan yaw-shawn'

from 3462; old:--old.

see HEBREW for 03462

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

יָשָׁן (ya.shan) — (Gate of) Yeshanah.

old, store, storage

Also named: ye.sha.nah (יְשָׁנָה "(Gate of )Yeshanah" H3466H)

יָשָׁן (ya.shan) — old.

old, store, storage

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Adj — Adj
HAamsa
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

har'-vest (qatsir; therismos): To many of us, harvest time is of little concern, because in our complex life we are far removed from the actual production of our food supplies, but for the Hebrew people, as for those in any agricultural district today, the harvest was a most important season (Ge 8:22; 45:6). Events were reckoned from harvests (Ge 30:14; Jos 3:15; Jud 15:1; Ru 1:22; 2:23; 1Sa 6:13; 2Sa 21:9; 23:13). The three principal feasts of the Jews corresponded to the three harvest seasons (

→ Sabbath to be observed in Ex 34:21

→ Sabbath desecrated in Ne 13:15-22

→ Of wheat at Pentecost, in Palestine Ex 34:22; Le 23:15-17

→ And of wheat before harvest time Le 26:5

→ Of barley, before wheat Ex 9:31,32

→ Celebrated with joy Jud 9:27; Isa 9:3; 16:10; Jer 48:33

and you will eat old harvest growing old and old harvest from before [the] new [harvest] you will bring out
נוֹשָׁ֑ןno.Shan growing old H3462 Verb · Niphal · participle (active) masculine singular
20× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
Means to sleep or be lazy, it also implies growing old or stale, as seen in the story of David's mighty warriors in 2 Samuel 23:32. It can also mean to die or be in a deep sleep. This word is used to describe a state of inactivity.
Tyndale gloss
to sleep
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

יָשֵׁן (yashen) means to sleep or to go to sleep, with implications of becoming inactive or stationary. It can also refer to causing someone to sleep or enticing them to sleep. The word may suggest growing old or becoming stale, and it is associated with remaining long or being stored up.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

[יָשֵׁן] vb. sleep

Qal sleep, go to sleep, and be sleep

Niph. only in deriv. sense of become inactive or stationary

Pi. causat. she made him sleep

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H3462 יָשֵׁן sleep .sleep, go to sleep, and be sleep

. only in deriv. sense of become inactive or stationary

. causat. she made him sleep

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

3462 yashen yaw-shane'

a primitive root; properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by

implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old,

stale or inveterate: -old (store), remain long, (make to)

sleep.

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

יָשֵׁן (ya.shen) — to sleep.

1) to sleep, be asleep

1a) (Qal) to sleep, go to sleep, be asleep

1b) (Niphal)

1b1) to remain a long time, be stored up

1b2) to be festering (of leprosy)

1c) (Piel) to cause to sleep, entice to sleep

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
V-Niphal-Inf-c — Verb · Niphal · participle (active) masculine singular
HVNrmsa
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

old.

See AGE, OLD.

and you will eat old harvest growing old and old harvest from before [the] new [harvest] you will bring out
וְיָשָׁ֕ןve.ya.Shan and old harvest H3465 Conjunction
7× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
Means old or something that has been stored, like the old things in the temple in 2 Kings 12:9. It describes something that has been around for a long time.
Tyndale gloss
old
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

יָשָׁן (yashan) means 'old,' with connotations of being withered or lifeless, similar to a drooping plant. It is derived from the root word for 'to be old' and can also refer to storage or something that is stored. The entries do not provide significant disagreement.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

יָשָׁן adj. old (orig., as it seems, withered, flabby, like a lifeless plant with top hanging down, as if in sleep)

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H3465 יָשָׁן old (orig., as it seems, withered, flabby, like a lifeless plant with top hanging down, as if in sleep)

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

3465 yashan yaw-shawn'

from 3462; old:--old.

see HEBREW for 03462

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

יָשָׁן (ya.shan) — (Gate of) Yeshanah.

old, store, storage

Also named: ye.sha.nah (יְשָׁנָה "(Gate of )Yeshanah" H3466H)

יָשָׁן (ya.shan) — old.

old, store, storage

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
HC/Aamsa — Conjunction
HC/Aamsa
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

har'-vest (qatsir; therismos): To many of us, harvest time is of little concern, because in our complex life we are far removed from the actual production of our food supplies, but for the Hebrew people, as for those in any agricultural district today, the harvest was a most important season (Ge 8:22; 45:6). Events were reckoned from harvests (Ge 30:14; Jos 3:15; Jud 15:1; Ru 1:22; 2:23; 1Sa 6:13; 2Sa 21:9; 23:13). The three principal feasts of the Jews corresponded to the three harvest seasons (

→ Sabbath to be observed in Ex 34:21

→ Sabbath desecrated in Ne 13:15-22

→ Of wheat at Pentecost, in Palestine Ex 34:22; Le 23:15-17

→ And of wheat before harvest time Le 26:5

→ Of barley, before wheat Ex 9:31,32

→ Celebrated with joy Jud 9:27; Isa 9:3; 16:10; Jer 48:33

and you will eat old harvest growing old and old harvest from before [the] new [harvest] you will bring out
מִפְּנֵ֥יmi.pe.Nei from before H6440 Preposition · noun common masculine plural construct
2,127× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
This word means face or presence, like being in front of someone or something. It's used in many contexts, like in Genesis, Exodus, and Psalms, to describe interactions and relationships.
Amplified meaning
because of the presence
Tyndale gloss
face
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Hebrew word פָּנֶה (*pāneh*) is a noun meaning 'face' or 'presence,' and it appears in various contexts, including the faces of seraphim and animals, as well as the surface of the ground. It can also function as an adverb meaning 'before' or 'in front of.' The word is built from a root that suggests turning or facing, and it encompasses a wide range of applications, both literal and figurative.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

[פָּנֶה], pl. פָּנִים 2123 n.m. face, also faces

face, faces

presence, person

technically, see one's face, i.e. appear before one, in one's presence

face of seraphim

face of animals

face (= surface) of ground

as adv.loc. before

for other phrases

with prepositions

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H6440 פָּנֶה, pl. פָּנִים face, also faces . . face, faces

. . presence, person

. technically, see one's face, i.e. appear before one, in one's presence

. face of seraphim

. face of animals

. face (= surface) of ground

. as adv. loc. before

. for other phrases

. with prepositions

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

6440 paniym paw-neem'

plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh

{paw-neh'}; from 6437); the face (as the part that turns);

used in a great variety of applications (literally and

figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a

preposition (before, etc.):--+ accept, a-(be- )fore(-time),

against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of),

+ beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire,

face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er

time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), +

honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, +

meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on,

open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please,

presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right

forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street,

X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s)

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Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

פָּנֶה (pa.neh) — face: before.

: before/to/front

1) face

1a) face, faces

1b) presence, person

1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim)

1d) face (of animals)

1e) face, surface (of ground)

1f) as adv of loc/temp

1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before

1g) with prep

1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

פָּנֶה (pa.neh) — face.

: face

1) face

1a) face, faces

1b) presence, person

1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim)

1d) face (of animals)

1e) face, surface (of ground)

1f) as adv of loc/temp

1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before

1g) with prep

1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from…

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Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Prep | N-cp — Preposition · noun common masculine plural construct
HR/Ncmpc
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

be-for': The translation of a great variety of Hebrew and Greek words. "Haran died before (the English Revised Version "in the presence of," literally "before the face of") his father Terah" (Ge 11:28). To be "before" God is to enjoy His favor (Ps 31:22). "The Syrians before" (Isa 9:12 the Revised Version, margin "on the east," as "behind," owing to the position of Canaan, relative to Syria, implies the west).

The company it keepswords that stand beside it more often than chance
and you will eat old harvest growing old and old harvest from before [the] new [harvest] you will bring out
חָדָ֖שׁcha.Dash [the] new [harvest] H2319 Adj
53× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
The Hebrew word for new or fresh, used to describe something recently created or renewed, as seen in God's creation of a new heaven and earth. It emphasizes the idea of something being recent or modern.
Amplified meaning
fresh, recently created
Tyndale gloss
new
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

חָדָשׁ (chadash) means 'new' or 'fresh.' It is derived from the root word represented by Strong's H2318. The entries indicate that it covers meanings related to novelty and freshness, with an Aramaic equivalent noted as חֲדַ֑ת (cha.dat).

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H2319 חָדָשׁ new

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

2319 chadash khaw-dawsh'

from 2318; new:--fresh, new thing.

see HEBREW for 02318

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

חָדָשׁ (cha.dash) — New (Gate).

§ new, new thing, fresh

חָדָשׁ (cha.dash) — new.

new, new thing, fresh

Aramaic equivalent: cha.dat (חֲדַ֑ת "new" H2323)

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Adj — Adj
HAamsa
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

har'-vest (qatsir; therismos): To many of us, harvest time is of little concern, because in our complex life we are far removed from the actual production of our food supplies, but for the Hebrew people, as for those in any agricultural district today, the harvest was a most important season (Ge 8:22; 45:6). Events were reckoned from harvests (Ge 30:14; Jos 3:15; Jud 15:1; Ru 1:22; 2:23; 1Sa 6:13; 2Sa 21:9; 23:13). The three principal feasts of the Jews corresponded to the three harvest seasons (

→ Sabbath to be observed in Ex 34:21

→ Sabbath desecrated in Ne 13:15-22

→ Of wheat at Pentecost, in Palestine Ex 34:22; Le 23:15-17

→ And of wheat before harvest time Le 26:5

→ Of barley, before wheat Ex 9:31,32

→ Celebrated with joy Jud 9:27; Isa 9:3; 16:10; Jer 48:33

and you will eat old harvest growing old and old harvest from before [the] new [harvest] you will bring out
תּוֹצִֽיאוּ׃to.Tzi.'u you will bring out H3318 Verb · Hiphil · imperfect second person masculine plural
1,067× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
In the Bible, this Hebrew word means to go out or come out, and it's used in many different ways, like leaving a place or starting a new journey, as seen in Genesis and Exodus.
Amplified meaning
bring forth, take out
Tyndale gloss
to come out: come
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

יָצָא (yatsa') is a Hebrew verb meaning to go or come out, with various applications including departure, escape, and emergence. It can refer to both animate and inanimate subjects and emphasizes the idea of origin or source. The verb appears in different forms, such as Qal, Hiphil, and Hophal, indicating actions like leading out or being brought forth.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

יָצָא 1068 vb. go or come out

Qal

go or come out or forth

from (מִן) a place

go forth from (the presence of) a person

in technical senses

of flight, involving escape

depart

of inanimate things

with especial emphasis on idea of origin, source

of children as going forth from loins (of father)

go forth to a place

go forward, proceed to or toward something

come or go forth, with esp. ref. to purpose or result

of combinations

Hiph.

cause to go or come out, bring out, lead out

fig. obj. persons, bring out of (מִן) distress, etc.

bring out animals

inanimate obj.

fig. subj. י׳, bring forth from (מִן)

Hoph. be brought forth

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H3318 יָצָא go or come out .. go or come out or forth . from (מִן) a place

. go forth from (the presence of) a person

. in technical senses

. of flight, involving escape

. depart

. of inanimate things

. with especial emphasis on idea of origin, source

. of children as going forth from loins (of father)

. . go forth to a place

. go forward, proceed to or toward something

. come or go forth, with esp. ref. to purpose or result

. of combinations

. . cause to go or come out, bring out, lead out

. fig. obj. persons, bring out of (מִן) distress, etc.

. bring out animals

. inanimate obj.

. fig. subj. י׳, bring forth from (מִן)

. be brought forth

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

3318 yatsa' yaw-tsaw'

a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great

variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct

and proxim.:--X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X

begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come

(abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned,

depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact,

fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence,

out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out),

going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out,

lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X

scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring

out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any

time, X to (and fro), utter.

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

יָצָא (ya.tsa) — to come out: come.

: come/go_out/escape

1) to go out, come out, exit, go forth

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to go or come out or forth, depart

1a2) to go forth (to a place)

1a3) to go forward, proceed to (to or toward something)

1a4) to come or go forth (with purpose or for result)

1a5) to come out of

1b) (Hiphil)

1b1) to cause to go or come out, bring out, lead out

1b2) to bring out of

1b3) to lead out

1b4) to deliver

1c) (Hophal) to be brought out or forth

יָצָא (ya.tsa) — to come out: send.

: send/take_out/release

1) to go out, come out, exit, go forth

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to go or come out or forth, depart

1a2) to go forth (to a place)

1a3) to go forward, proceed to (to or toward something)

1a4) to come or go forth (with purpose or for result)

1a5) to come out of

1b) (Hiphil)

1b1) to cause to go or come out, bring out, lead out

1b2) to bring out of

1b3) to lead out

1b4) to deliver

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Morphologythe parsing behind the code
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V-Hiphil-Imperf-2mp — Verb · Hiphil · imperfect second person masculine plural
HVhi2mp
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