Leviticus 23:32

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שַׁבַּ֨ת שַׁבָּת֥וֹן הוּא֙ לָכֶ֔ם וְעִנִּיתֶ֖ם אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑ם בְּתִשְׁעָ֤ה לַחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ בָּעֶ֔רֶב מֵעֶ֣רֶב עַד־עֶ֔רֶב תִּשְׁבְּת֖וּ שַׁבַּתְּכֶֽם׃ פ

Transliteration

šabbat šabbātôn he to-you wə-'innîtem 'et-nap̄šōtêkem in-ninth to-the-ḥōdeš in-the-'erev from-'erev until-'erev tišbətû šabbatkem

Grammar Details

*šabbat*: feminine singular construct noun - sabbath/rest
*šabbātôn*: masculine singular noun - sabbath rest/complete rest
*wə-'innîtem*: conjunction + piel perfect 2nd person masculine plural - and you shall afflict
*nap̄šōtêkem*: feminine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your souls/lives/selves
*ḥōdeš*: masculine singular noun - month/new moon
*'erev*: masculine singular noun - evening/sunset
*tišbətû*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you shall rest/cease
*šabbatkem*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your sabbath

Word Meanings

*šabbat* *šabbātôn*: sabbath of complete rest/most solemn sabbath/sabbath of sabbaths
*wə-'innîtem*: and you shall afflict/humble/deny
*nap̄šōtêkem*: your souls/lives/selves
*ḥōdeš*: month/new moon/lunar month
*'erev*: evening/dusk/sunset
*tišbətû*: you shall rest/cease/observe sabbath
*šabbatkem*: your sabbath/your rest

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Referenced Verses

Lev 16:31 : 31 It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever.
Lev 23:27 : 27 Howbeit on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement: it shall be a holy convocation unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.
Ps 35:13 : 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I afflicted my soul with fasting; And my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
Ps 51:17 : 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Ps 69:10-11 : 10 When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach. 11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.
Ps 126:5-6 : 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing seed for sowing, Shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his sheaves [with him].
Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Isa 57:18-19 : 18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. 19 I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him that is far off and to him that is near, saith Jehovah; and I will heal him.
Isa 58:3-7 : 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. 4 Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye fast not this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high. 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? 6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? 7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Isa 61:3 : 3 to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.
Matt 5:4 : 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Matt 11:28-30 : 28 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
1 Cor 11:31 : 31 But if we discerned ourselves, we should not {G302} be judged.
Heb 4:3 : 3 For we who have believed do enter into that rest; even as he hath said, As I sware in my wrath, {G1487} They shall not enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Heb 4:11 : 11 Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, that no man fall after the same example of disobedience.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Lev 16:29-31
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29And it shall be a statute for ever unto you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and shall do no manner of work, the home-born, or the stranger that sojourneth among you:
30for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins shall ye be clean before Jehovah.
31It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever.
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7And on the tenth day of this seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall do no manner of work;
Lev 23:33-36
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33And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
34Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto Jehovah.
35On the first day shall be a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work.
36Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah: on the eighth day shall be a holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah: it is a solemn assembly; ye shall do no servile work.
Lev 23:24-31
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24Speak 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.
25Ye shall do no servile work; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.
26And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
27Howbeit on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement: it shall be a holy convocation unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.
28And 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.
29For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day; he shall be cut off from his people.
30And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any manner of work in that same day, that soul will I destroy from among his people.
31Ye shall do no manner of work: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Lev 23:2-4
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2Speak 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.
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4These are the set feasts of Jehovah, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their appointed season.
Lev 23:39
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39Howbeit on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruits of the land, ye shall keep the feast of Jehovah seven days: on the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest.
Num 29:12
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12And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto Jehovah seven days:
Num 29:35
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Lev 23:21
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Lev 23:6-9
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7In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work.
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9And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 28:25
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Exod 12:16
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Lev 23:41
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Exod 34:21-22
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Exod 35:2-3
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2Six 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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Num 28:18
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Lev 26:34-35
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34Then shall the land enjoy its sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye are in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy its sabbaths.
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Jer 17:22
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Exod 12:14
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Exod 31:14-16
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14Ye 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.
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Exod 23:12
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Num 29:1
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1And 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.
Lev 25:8
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Exod 16:29
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