Leviticus 23:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And ye shall do no manner of work in that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before Jehovah your God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְכָל־מְלָאכָה֙ לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֔וּ בְּעֶ֖צֶם הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה כִּ֣י י֤וֹם כִּפֻּרִים֙ ה֔וּא לְכַפֵּ֣ר עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם לִפְנֵ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And-all-məlā'kâ not ta'ăśû in-'eṣem the-yôm the-this because yôm kippurim he to-kappēr upon-you before YHWH 'ĕlōhêkem

Grammar Details

• *məlā'kâ*: feminine singular noun - work/occupation/business
• *ta'ăśû*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you shall do/make
• *'eṣem*: masculine singular construct noun - bone/substance/self-same
• *yôm*: masculine singular noun - day
• *kippurim*: masculine plural noun - atonement/expiation
• *kappēr*: piel infinitive construct - to atone/expiate/cover
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *'ĕlōhêkem*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your God

Word Meanings

• *məlā'kâ*: work/occupation/business/labor
• *ta'ăśû*: you shall do/make/perform
• *'eṣem*: bone/substance/very/selfsame
• *yôm* *kippurim*: day of atonement/day of expiation
• *kappēr*: to atone/make expiation/cover over
• *'ĕlōhêkem*: your God/deity

Referenced Verses

• Lev 16:34 : 34 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make atonement for the children of Israel because of all their sins once in the year. And he did as Jehovah commanded Moses.
• Isa 53:10 : 10 Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.
• Dan 9:24 : 24 Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.
• Zech 3:9 : 9 For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; upon one stone are seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving there, says Jehovah of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
• Rom 5:10-11 : 10 For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life; 11 and not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
• Heb 9:12 : 12 nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption.
• Heb 9:26 : 26 else must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once at the end of the ages hath he been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
• Heb 10:10 : 10 By which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
• Heb 10:14 : 14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
• 1 John 2:2 : 2 and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
• 1 John 4:10 : 10 Herein {G5129} is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.
• 1 John 5:6 : 6 This is he that came by water and blood, [even] Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood.