שְׁמִטָּה shᵉmiṭṭâh

Meaning

remission (of debt) or suspension of labor)

In the King James Version: release.

Derivation: from H8058 (שָׁמַט);

Where it is used

• Deuteronomy 15:1 At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.
• Deuteronomy 15:2 This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed.
• Deuteronomy 15:9 Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
• Deuteronomy 31:10 Then Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission of debt, during the Feast of Tabernacles,