Leviticus 23:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And ye shall make proclamation on the selfsame day; there shall be a holy convocation unto you; ye shall do no servile work: it is a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּקְרָאתֶ֞ם בְּעֶ֣צֶם ׀ הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֗ה מִֽקְרָא־קֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֔ם כָּל־מְלֶ֥אכֶת עֲבֹדָ֖ה לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֑וּ חֻקַּ֥ת עוֹלָ֛ם בְּכָל־מוֹשְׁבֹ֥תֵיכֶ֖ם לְדֹרֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

û-qərā'tem in-'eṣem the-yôm the-this miqrā'-qōdeš yihyeh to-you all-melā'ket 'ăvōdâ not ta'ăśû ḥuqqat 'ôlām in-all-môšəvōtêkem for-dōrōtêkem

Grammar Details

*û-qərā'tem*: conjunction + qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural - and you shall proclaim/call
*'eṣem*: masculine singular construct noun - bone/substance/self-same
*yôm*: masculine singular noun - day
*miqrā'*: masculine singular construct noun - convocation/assembly/calling together
*qōdeš*: masculine singular noun - holiness/holy thing
*yihyeh*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - it will be
*melā'ket*: feminine singular construct noun - work/occupation/labor
*'ăvōdâ*: feminine singular noun - service/labor/servile work
*ta'ăśû*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you shall do/make
*ḥuqqat*: feminine singular construct noun - statute/ordinance/decree
*'ôlām*: masculine singular noun - forever/eternity/perpetuity
*môšəvōtêkem*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your dwelling places/settlements/habitations
*dōrōtêkem*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your generations

Word Meanings

*û-qərā'tem*: and you shall proclaim/announce/call out
*'eṣem*: bone/substance/very/selfsame
*miqrā'*-*qōdeš*: holy convocation/sacred assembly/holy gathering
*melā'ket* *'ăvōdâ*: laborious work/servile work/occupational labor
*ḥuqqat* *'ôlām*: perpetual statute/everlasting ordinance/eternal decree
*môšəvōtêkem*: your dwelling places/settlements/habitations

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Referenced Verses

Lev 23:2 : 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, The set feasts of Jehovah, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts.
Lev 23:4 : 4 These are the set feasts of Jehovah, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their appointed season.
Gen 17:7 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.
Lev 23:14 : 14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched grain, nor fresh ears, until this selfsame day, until ye have brought the oblation of your God: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Num 18:23 : 23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations; and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
Deut 16:11 : 11 and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in the midst of thee, in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.
Isa 11:10 : 10 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the root of Jesse, that standeth for an ensign of the peoples, unto him shall the nations seek; and his resting-place shall be glorious.
Exod 12:16-17 : 16 And in the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you. 17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance for ever.
Lev 23:7 : 7 In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work.

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