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The beginning of the sabbatical leave can be traced to
Hebrew roots. Its beginnings hold mythological and
religious significance. Eells and Hollis (1962) have noted
that the term "sabbatical" came from "sabbatun" (Latin),
"sabbaton" (Greek), or "shabat" (Hebrew), which was the name
of an ancient river in Media which flowed for six days and
rested for the seventh. From this mythology came the term
"sabbath" which referred to the seventh day of the week set
aside by the fourth commandment as the Lord's day for
disciples to rest and worship, which has been observed by
Jewish and Christian faiths. The "sabbatical year" was used
in agriculture to mean "every seventh year," bearing a
strong religious sense. According to Mosaic law following
the ancient Jews, in a "sabbatical year" the land and
vineyards would remain fallow and debtors were to be
released. This specific law was founded on the tenant that
God ordered the Israelites to observe a sabbath for the Lord
by resting their fields and vineyards every seventh year,
and so when the seventh year came "fallow land was plowed,
tilled, and kept down but no crops raised." From this
gregarine concept rose the idea of resting every seventh or
sabbath year (Eells & Hollis, 1962, p. 5).

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Maybe he miscopied agrarian and didn't care whether the correction suggested by his spelling checker made any sense?

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