Leviticus 27:18

וְאִם־אַחַר הַיֹּבֵל יַקְדִּישׁ שָׂדֵהוּ וְחִשַּׁב־לוֹ הַכֹּהֵן אֶת־הַכֶּסֶף עַל־פִּי הַשָּׁנִים הַנּוֹתָרֹת עַד שְׁנַת הַיֹּבֵל וְנִגְרַע מֵֽעֶרְכֶּֽךָ׃

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Hebrew

וְאִם־אַחַ֣ר הַיֹּבֵל֮ יַקְדִּ֣ישׁ שָׂדֵהוּ֒ וְחִשַּׁב־ל֨וֹ הַכֹּהֵ֜ן אֶת־הַכֶּ֗סֶף עַל־פִּ֤י הַשָּׁנִים֙ הַנּ֣וֹתָרֹ֔ת עַ֖ד שְׁנַ֣ת הַיֹּבֵ֑ל וְנִגְרַ֖ע מֵֽעֶרְכֶּֽךָ׃

Greek (Septuagint)

ἐὰν δὲ ἔσχατον μετὰ τὴν ἄφεσιν ἁγιάσῃ τὸν ἀγρὸν αὐτοῦ, προσλογιεῖται αὐτῷ ὁ ἱερεὺς τὸ ἀργύριον ἐπὶ τὰ ἔτη τὰ ἐπίλοιπα ἕως εἰς τὸν ἐνιαυτὸν τῆς ἀφέσεως, καὶ ἀνθυφαιρεθήσεται ἀπὸ τῆς συντιμήσεως αὐτοῦ.

Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0

Latin (Vulgate)

Sin autem post aliquantum temporis, supputabit sacerdos pecuniam juxta annorum, qui reliqui sunt, numerum usque ad jubilæum, et detrahetur ex pretio.

Spanish

Pero si dedica su campo después del jubileo, el sacerdote calculará el valor dependiendo de los años que falten para el próximo jubileo, y al precio total se le hará un descuento.

Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)

Mas si después del jubileo santificare su tierra, entonces el sacerdote hará la cuenta del dinero conforme á los años que quedaren hasta el año del jubileo, y se rebajará de tu estimación.

English

But if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, the priest is to calculate the price in proportion to the years left until the next Year of Jubilee, so that your valuation will be reduced.

✦ What the text says

Summary

Leviticus 27:18 addresses the case where a field is consecrated to the sanctuary after the Jubilee year rather than at its start. The priest must recalculate the monetary valuation of the field based on how many years remain until the next Jubilee, reducing the price accordingly.

Key words

yak.Dish ("he will set apart as holy", H6942H) — Hiphil imperfect, causative: the owner actively "causes to be holy" his field, i.e., dedicates it; the imperfect marks this as a future/possible action.
chi.shav ("he will calculate", H2803H) — Piel sequential perfect, intensive stem: the priest performs a deliberate, precise calculation, continuing the narrative sequence begun by the previous verb.
No.ta.Rot ("remain", H3498) — Niphal participle, feminine plural, agreeing with sha.Nim ("years", H8141): describes the years as "the ones remaining," a passive/stative nuance rather than a finite verb.
nig.Ra' ("it will be deducted", H1639) — Niphal sequential perfect: the subtraction happens to the valuation without naming an agent, emphasizing the result (the price is reduced) rather than who reduces it.
sha.Nim / she.Nat (H8141, construct forms) — the construct chain "pi ha-shanim... shenat ha-yovel" ("mouth of the years... year of the jubilee") structures the whole clause around counting years up to the Jubilee.

What the text says

The verse opens with the conditional ve-'im ("and if", H9002 + H0518A) marking a secondary case contrasted with the timing described earlier in the chapter. The phrase 'achar ha-yovel ("after the jubilee", H0310A + H3104) sets the temporal condition: consecration occurring later than the Jubilee itself. The Hiphil verb yakdish signals that the field's owner is the one performing the act of dedication.

The priest's role is expressed through chishav-lo ("he will calculate for himself/for him", H2803H + H9005/H9033), a Piel verb indicating a deliberate, calculated act, followed by the direct object et-ha-kesef ("the money", H0853 + H3701H). The basis of this calculation is given by the construct phrase 'al-pi ha-shanim ha-notarot ("according to the mouth of the years, the remaining ones"), where pi (construct of "mouth", H6310K) functions idiomatically as "in proportion to" or "according to the count of." The participle notarot (Niphal, H3498) describes these years passively as "the ones left over," rather than using an active verb, which shifts focus from an agent to the state of the years themselves.

The clause ends with the Niphal nigra' ("it will be deducted", H1639), again avoiding a stated subject — the valuation itself undergoes reduction — governed by the preposition me- ("from", H9006) attached to 'erkekha ("your valuation", H6187 + H9021). The syntax as a whole moves through three sequential perfects (chishav, nigra') that outline a procedural sequence: dedication, calculation, reduction.

Differences between versions

The LXX renders 'achar ha-yovel as ἔσχατον μετὰ τὴν ἄφεσιν ("finally/lastly after the release"), adding the term ἔσχατον not present in the Hebrew 'achar ("after", H0310A) alone. The Vulgate's post aliquantum temporis ("after some amount of time") likewise generalizes the Hebrew's specific reference to "after the Jubilee," replacing the construct phrase 'achar ha-yovel with a vaguer temporal expression.

This explanation describes the text using linguistic data; it adds no doctrine or confessional interpretation.