Year of Jubilee | this is the year of jubilee
JUBILEEYEAR(shenathha-yobhel;etostesapheseos;annusjubilaeus,"yearofjubilee"(Leviticus25:13[1]),orsimplyha-yobhel,"thejubilee"(Leviticus25:28[2];compareNumbers36:4[3]),theKingJamesVersionandtheEnglishRevisedVersionJubile):TheHebrewwordyobhelstandsforqerenha-yobhel,meaningthehornofaram.Now,suchahorncanbemadeintoatrumpet,andthusthewordyobhelcametobeusedasasynonymoftrumpet.AccordingtoLeviticus25:9[4]aloudtrumpetshouldproclaimlibertythroughoutthecountryonthe10thdayofthe7thmonth(theDayofAtonement)...
JUBILEE YEAR
(shenath ha-yobhel; etos tes apheseos; annus jubilaeus, "year of jubilee" (Leviticus 25:13[1]), or simply ha-yobhel, "the jubilee" (Leviticus 25:28[2]; compare Numbers 36:4[3]), the King James Version and the English Revised Version Jubile):
The Hebrew word yobhel stands for qeren ha-yobhel, meaning the horn of a ram. Now, such a horn can be made into a trumpet, and thus the word yobhel came to be used as a synonym of trumpet. According to Leviticus 25:9[4] a loud trumpet should proclaim liberty throughout the country on the 10th day of the 7th month (the Day of Atonement), after the lapse of 7 sabbaths of years = 49 years. In this manner, every 50th year was to be announced as a jubilee year. All real property should automatically revert to its original owner (Leviticus 25:10[5]; compare 25:13), and those who, compelled by poverty, had sold themselves as slaves to their brothers, should regain their liberty (Leviticus 25:10[6]; compare 25:39).
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