Fallow

FALLOW fal'-o (damam):

Damam is translated only once in the sense of "fallow" (Exodus 23:11). The law required that the Israelites allow their ground to lie fallow one year in, seven. the King James Version is (Deuteronomy 14:5) nir, and is translated "fallow" in its more obsolete sense of "tilled ground" in the King James Version (Jeremiah 4:3; Hosea 10:12).

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'FALLOW'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.