Leviticus 23:24

American Standard Version (1901)

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest unto you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דַּבֵּ֛ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר בַּחֹ֨דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜י בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֗דֶשׁ יִהְיֶ֤ה לָכֶם֙ שַׁבָּת֔וֹן זִכְר֥וֹן תְּרוּעָ֖ה מִקְרָא־קֹֽדֶשׁ׃

Transliteration

dabbēr to-bənê Yiśrā'ēl lē'mōr in-the-ḥōdeš the-seventh in-one to-the-ḥōdeš yihyeh to-you šabbātôn zikrôn tərû'â miqrā'-qōdeš

Grammar Details

• *dabbēr*: piel imperative masculine singular - speak
• *bənê*: masculine construct plural noun - sons of
• *Yiśrā'ēl*: proper name - Israel
• *lē'mōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying
• *ḥōdeš*: masculine singular noun - month/new moon
• *yihyeh*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - it will be
• *šabbātôn*: masculine singular noun - sabbath rest/complete rest
• *zikrôn*: masculine singular construct noun - memorial/remembrance
• *tərû'â*: feminine singular noun - shouting/blowing/alarm
• *miqrā'*: masculine singular construct noun - convocation/assembly
• *qōdeš*: masculine singular noun - holiness/holy thing

Word Meanings

• *dabbēr*: speak/talk
• *bənê* *Yiśrā'ēl*: children of Israel/Israelites
• *ḥōdeš*: month/new moon/lunar month
• *šabbātôn*: sabbath observance/complete rest/solemn rest
• *zikrôn* *tərû'â*: memorial of blowing/commemoration with trumpet blast/remembrance with shouting
• *tərû'â*: shouting/blowing of trumpets/alarm
• *miqrā'*-*qōdeš*: holy convocation/sacred assembly

Referenced Verses

• Lev 25:9 : 9 Then shalt thou send abroad the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month; in the day of atonement shall ye send abroad the trumpet throughout all your land.
• Num 10:9-9 : 9 And when ye go to war in your land against the adversary that oppresseth you, then ye shall sound an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before Jehovah your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. 10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow the trumpets over your burnt-offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God: I am Jehovah your God.
• 1 Cor 15:52 : 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
• 1 Thess 4:16 : 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first;
• Num 29:1-6 : 1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing of trumpets unto you. 2 And ye shall offer a burnt-offering for a sweet savor unto Jehovah: one young bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish; 3 and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for the bullock, two tenth parts for the ram, 4 and one tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs; 5 and one he-goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you; 6 besides the burnt-offering of the new moon, and the meal-offering thereof, and the continual burnt-offering and the meal-offering thereof, and their drink-offerings, according unto their ordinance, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.
• 2 Chr 5:13 : 13 it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Jehovah; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Jehovah, [saying], For he is good; for his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of Jehovah,
• Ezra 3:6 : 6 From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt-offerings unto Jehovah: but the foundation of the temple of Jehovah was not yet laid.
• Ps 81:1-4 : 1 [For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph]. Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 2 Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery. 3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast-day. 4 For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
• Ps 98:6 : 6 With trumpets and sound of cornet Make a joyful noise before the King, Jehovah.
• Isa 27:13 : 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great trumpet shall be blown; and they shall come that were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and they that were outcasts in the land of Egypt; and they shall worship Jehovah in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
• 1 Chr 15:28 : 28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with psalteries and harps.