STRONGS NUMBER H8059


Word Summary
shemittah: a letting drop, a (temporary) remitting
Original Word: שְׁמִטָּה
Transliteration: shemittah
Phonetic Spelling: (shem-it-taw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a letting drop, a (temporary) remitting
Meaning: a letting drop, a (temporary) remitting
Strong's Concordance
release

From shamat; remission (of debt) or suspension of labor) -- release.

see HEBREW shamat

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H8059. shemittah

שְׁמִטָּהnoun feminine a letting drop of exactions, a (temporary) remitting: שׁ ׳תַּעֲשֶׂהDeuteronomy 15:1(at end of seven years), 15:2 שׁ קָרָא ׳כִּי ׳לי‎; whence seventh year is הַשּׁ ׳שְׁנַת15:9; 31:10.

שְׁמִירָמוֺת‎ see below שֵׁם‎. p. 1029.