Leviticus 16:31

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שַׁבַּ֨ת שַׁבָּת֥וֹן הִיא֙ לָכֶ֔ם וְעִנִּיתֶ֖ם אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑ם חֻקַּ֖ת עוֹלָֽם׃

Transliteration

Shabbat shabbātôn it to-you, wə-ʿinnîtem ʾet-naphshōtêkem; ḥuqqat ʿôlām.

Grammar Details

*Shabbat shabbātôn*: construct state + absolute noun, 'sabbath of sabbaths/complete rest'
*hîʾ*: 3rd person feminine singular pronoun - 'it/she'
*lākem*: preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - 'to/for you'
*wə-ʿinnîtem*: conjunction + Piel perfect 2nd person masculine plural - 'and you shall afflict/humble'
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*naphshōtêkem*: feminine plural noun + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - 'your souls/selves'
*ḥuqqat*: feminine singular construct noun - 'statute of'
*ʿôlām*: masculine singular noun - 'eternity/perpetuity'

Word Meanings

*shabbātôn*: complete rest/solemn rest/cessation
*ʿinnîtem*: afflict/humble/deny/practice self-denial
*naphshōtêkem*: souls/selves/persons/lives
*ḥuqqat ʿôlām*: perpetual statute/everlasting ordinance/eternal decree

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Referenced Verses

Lev 23:32 : 32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of solemn rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye keep your sabbath.
Isa 58:5 : 5 Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Jehovah?
Lev 25:4 : 4 but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath unto Jehovah: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
Isa 58:3 : 3 Wherefore have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find [your own] pleasure, and exact all your labors.
Exod 31:15 : 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.
Exod 35:2 : 2 Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death.

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