Lexicon
פֶּ֫רֶט
pe.ret
H6528
H:N-M Hebrew

broken

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pe.ret denotes grapes left in a vineyard rather than gathered, to be left for afflicted people and sojourners.

The term denotes the vineyard grapes not to be gathered, which the command directs be left for the afflicted and the sojourner in Leviticus 19:10.

Senses in use

  1. Grapes left ungathered in a vineyard · dominant

    In Leviticus 19:10, the construct singular noun occurs in the instruction not to gather the vineyard's grapes and to leave them for the afflicted and the sojourner. The APB renders the clause, “you shall not gather the broken grapes of your vineyard.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Leviticus 19:10, the APB presents the term within “the broken grapes of your vineyard.” That English phrase is treated as the clause's rendering rather than a precise lexical equivalent.

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