Exodus 20:8

American Standard Version (1901)

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זָכ֛וֹר֩ אֶת־י֥֨וֹם הַשַׁבָּ֖֜ת לְקַדְּשֽׁ֗וֹ

Transliteration

zāḵôr ʾeṯ-yôm hash-shabbāṯ lə-qaddəshô

Grammar Details

• *zāḵôr*: qal infinitive absolute functioning as imperative - remember
• *ʾeṯ-yôm*: direct object marker + masculine singular construct - the day of
• *hash-shabbāṯ*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the sabbath
• *lə-qaddəshô*: preposition + piel infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to sanctify it

Word Meanings

• *zāḵôr*: remember/be mindful of/observe
• *shabbāṯ*: sabbath/rest day
• *lə-qaddəshô*: to sanctify it/to keep it holy/to set it apart

Referenced Verses

• Exod 31:13-16 : 13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily ye shall keep my sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am Jehovah who sanctifieth you. 14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that profaneth it shall surely be put to death; for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 15 Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Jehovah; whosoever doeth any work on the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. 16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
• Lev 19:3 : 3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.
• Lev 26:2 : 2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am Jehovah.
• Gen 2:3 : 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made.
• Lev 19:30 : 30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am Jehovah.
• Lev 23:3 : 3 Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of work: it is a sabbath unto Jehovah in all your dwellings.
• Exod 16:23-30 : 23 And he said unto them, This is that which Jehovah hath spoken, To-morrow is a solemn rest, a holy sabbath unto Jehovah: bake that which ye will bake, and boil that which ye will boil; and all that remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. 24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not become foul, neither was there any worm therein. 25 And Moses said, Eat that to-day; for to-day is a sabbath unto Jehovah: to-day ye shall not find it in the field. 26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. 27 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that there went out some of the people to gather, and they found none. 28 And Jehovah said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? 29 See, for that Jehovah hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. 30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
• Exod 23:12 : 12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the sojourner, may be refreshed.
• Isa 56:4-6 : 4 For thus saith Jehovah of the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast my covenant: 5 Unto them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. 6 Also the foreigners that join themselves to Jehovah, to minister unto him, and to love the name of Jehovah, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and holdeth fast my covenant;