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The Akkadian cognate of this Hebrew word, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">anduraru<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, refers to an ancient royal prerogative that allowed the king to proclaim release of land and slaves. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Babylonian record of a property grant includes the stipulation that the granted house is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">subject to the release\u2014<\/span><b><i>la<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(like Hebrew <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lo, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;no&#8221; or &#8220;not&#8221;) <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">andurarim.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Because the king has the power to proclaim the release, he, as the granter, can also exclude the property from the release&#8217;s purview.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Bible, God takes on this royal prerogative, establishing a fixed-interval release, removed from any human king&#8217;s will. 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