Leviticus 27:28

אַךְ־כָּל־חֵרֶם אֲשֶׁר יַחֲרִם אִישׁ לַֽיהוָה מִכָּל־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ מֵאָדָם וּבְהֵמָה וּמִשְּׂדֵה אֲחֻזָּתוֹ לֹא יִמָּכֵר וְלֹא יִגָּאֵל כָּל־חֵרֶם קֹֽדֶשׁ־קָֽדָשִׁים הוּא לַיהוָֽה׃

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Hebrew

אַךְ־כָּל־חֵ֡רֶם אֲשֶׁ֣ר יַחֲרִם֩ אִ֨ישׁ לַֽיהוָ֜ה מִכָּל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֗וֹ מֵאָדָ֤ם וּבְהֵמָה֙ וּמִשְּׂדֵ֣ה אֲחֻזָּת֔וֹ לֹ֥א יִמָּכֵ֖ר וְלֹ֣א יִגָּאֵ֑ל כָּל־חֵ֕רֶם קֹֽדֶשׁ־קָֽדָשִׁ֥ים ה֖וּא לַיהוָֽה׃

Greek (Septuagint)

Πᾶν δὲ ἀνάθεμα ὃ ἐὰν ἀναθῇ ἄνθρωπος τῷ κυρίῳ ἀπὸ πάντων ὅσα αὐτῷ ἐστιν, ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου ἕως κτήνους, καὶ ἀπὸ ἀγροῦ κατασχέσεως αὐτοῦ, οὐκ ἀποδώσεται οὐδὲ λυτρώσεται· πᾶν όνάθεμα ἅγιον ἁγίων ἔσται τῷ κυρίῳ.

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

Latin (Vulgate)

Omne quod Domino consecratur, sive homo fuerit, sive animal, sive ager, non vendetur, nec redimi poterit. Quidquid semel fuerit consecratum, Sanctum sanctorum erit Domino:

Spanish

“‘Sin embargo, nada de lo que una persona consagre a Yehová para destrucción total podrá ser vendido ni recuperado, ya sean personas, animales o campos de su propiedad familiar. Todo lo que se entrega para destrucción total es santísimo, pues le pertenece exclusivamente a Yehová.

Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)

Pero ninguna cosa consagrada, que alguno hubiere santificado á Jehová de todo lo que tuviere, de hombres y animales, y de las tierras de su posesión, no se venderá, ni se redimirá: todo lo consagrado será cosa santísima á Jehová.

English

Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land — can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.

✦ What the text says

Summary

Leviticus 27:28 states that anything a person designates as cherem ("devoted thing", H2764A) to Yehovah — whether human, animal, or inherited field — cannot be sold or redeemed. The verse closes by declaring that every such cherem is "holy of holies" belonging to Yehovah.

Key words

'akh- ("nevertheless", H0389) — an adverb marking a contrast or restriction, signaling that this case differs from the redemption rules discussed in the preceding verses of the chapter.
Cherem ("devoted thing", H2764A) — appears three times (positions 3, 29), a masculine singular noun designating something irrevocably set apart; its recurrence frames the entire verse.
yacharim ("he will dedicate to destruction", H2763A) — hiphil imperfect of the root behind cherem, the causative form indicating the human agent actively performs the act of devoting something.
yimmakher ("it will be sold", H4376) and yigga'el ("it will be redeemed", H1350A) — both niphal imperfect (passive), stating what will not happen to the cherem, since niphal removes the object from the agency of buying/redeeming.
qodesh-qadashim ("holy thing of holy things", H6944G construct + H6944G plural) — a construct chain expressing intensification, the same pattern grammatically as other superlative holiness formulas.

What the text says

The sentence opens with 'akh ("nevertheless", H0389), which sets this case apart from what was stated earlier — items placed under cherem follow different rules than ordinary vowed property. The construct phrase kol-cherem ("every devoted thing", H3605 + H2764A) is defined by a relative clause: 'asher yacharim 'ish laYehovah — "which a man devotes to Yehovah" (H0834A, H2763A, H0376I, H3068G). The hiphil form of yacharim marks the human subject as the one causing the object to enter the state of cherem.

The scope of what can be devoted is spelled out through a prepositional chain: mikkol 'asher-lo ("from all that is his", H9006+H3605+H0834A+H9005+H9033), followed by three categories — 'adam ("humankind", H0120G), behemah ("livestock", H0929), and sedeh 'achuzzato ("the field of his possession", H7704G construct + H0272 construct + H9023). These three nouns are joined by the conjunction u- ("and", H9002), listing person, animal, and land as equally subject to the cherem rule.

The prohibition itself uses two niphal imperfect verbs — yimmakher ("it will be sold", H4376) and yigga'el ("it will be redeemed", H1350A) — both passive forms indicating that no transaction can be performed on the cherem, regardless of agent. The closing clause repeats kol-cherem and adds the superlative construct qodesh qadashim hu' laYehovah ("it is holy of holies to Yehovah", H6944G + H6944G + H1931 + H3068G), using the doubled-noun construct pattern to intensify the designation of holiness.

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