# H8059 שְׁמִטָּה

שְׁמִטָּה (shᵉmiṭṭâh), Strong’s H8059: remission (of debt) or suspension of labor) KJV: release.. Occurs 5 times.

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*shᵉmiṭṭâh* — remission (of debt) or suspension of labor)

KJV: release.

Derived from [שָׁמַט shâmaṭ](https://besorah.bible/word/H8058) (to fling down)

Occurs 5 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- שְׁמִטָּה n.f. a letting drop of exactions, a (temporary) remitting

## Where it occurs
- [Deuteronomy 15:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/15?v=1) — At the end of every seven years, you shall cancel debts.
- [Deuteronomy 15:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/15?v=2) — This is the way it shall be done: every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not…
- [Deuteronomy 15:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/15?v=9) — Beware that there not be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,”…
- [Deuteronomy 31:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/31?v=10) — Moses commanded them, saying, “At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of…