Leviticus 23:36

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Seven 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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֔ים תַּקְרִ֥יבוּ אִשֶּׁ֖ה לַיהוָ֑ה בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁמִינִ֡י מִקְרָא־קֹדֶשׁ֩ יִהְיֶ֨ה לָכֶ֜ם וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֨ם אִשֶּׁ֤ה לַֽיהוָה֙ עֲצֶ֣רֶת הִ֔וא כָּל־מְלֶ֥אכֶת עֲבֹדָ֖ה לֹ֥א תַעֲשֽׂוּ׃

Transliteration

Šiḇʿat yāmîm you shall taqrîḇû ʾiššeh to-YHWH; on-the-yôm the-šemînî miqrāʾ-qōdeš yihyeh to-you and-you-shall-hiqraḇtem ʾiššeh to-YHWH ʿaṣeret hîʾ; all-melāʾḵet ʿaḇōdâ not you-shall-taʿaśû.

Grammar Details

• *Šiḇʿat*: construct state, feminine, singular - seven of
• *yāmîm*: plural, masculine - days
• *taqrîḇû*: Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person plural - you shall bring near/offer
• *ʾiššeh*: noun, feminine, singular - fire-offering
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *yôm*: noun, masculine, singular - day
• *šemînî*: adjective, masculine, singular - eighth
• *miqrāʾ-qōdeš*: construct phrase - holy convocation/assembly
• *yihyeh*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will be
• *hiqraḇtem*: Hiphil perfect with waw consecutive, 2nd person plural - and you shall bring near/present
• *ʿaṣeret*: noun, feminine, singular - solemn assembly/closing festival
• *hîʾ*: pronoun, 3rd person feminine singular - it
• *melāʾḵet*: construct state, feminine singular - work of
• *ʿaḇōdâ*: noun, feminine singular - labor/service
• *taʿaśû*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person plural - you shall do

Word Meanings

• *ʾiššeh*: fire-offering/offering made by fire
• *miqrāʾ-qōdeš*: holy convocation/sacred assembly/holy calling
• *ʿaṣeret*: assembly/solemn gathering/festive assembly/closing festival
• *melāʾḵet ʿaḇōdâ*: laborious work/servile work/occupational work

Referenced Verses

• Neh 8:18 : 18 Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the ordinance.
• John 7:37 : 37 Now on the last day, the great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.
• Joel 1:14 : 14 Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the old men [and] all the inhabitants of the land unto the house of Jehovah your God, and cry unto Jehovah.
• Joel 2:15 : 15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly;
• Num 29:12-38 : 12 And 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: 13 and ye shall offer a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish; 14 and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth parts for each ram of the two rams, 15 and a tenth part for every lamb of the fourteen lambs; 16 and one he - goat for a sin-offering, besides the continual burnt-offering, the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof. 17 And on the second day [ye shall offer] twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish; 18 and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; 19 and one he - goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, and their drink-offerings. 20 And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish; 21 and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; 22 and one he - goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof. 23 And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish; 24 their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; 25 and one he - goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof. 26 And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish; 27 and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; 28 and one he - goat for a sin-offering, besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof. 29 And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish; 30 and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; 31 and one he - goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offerings thereof. 32 And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish; 33 and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; 34 and one he - goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof. 35 On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work; 36 but ye shall offer a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah: one bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish; 37 their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the ordinance: 38 and one he - goat for a sin-offering, besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof.
• Deut 16:8 : 8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread; and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to Jehovah thy God; thou shalt do no work [therein].
• 2 Chr 7:8-9 : 8 So Solomon held the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt. 9 And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days. 10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away unto their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that Jehovah had showed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people. 11 Thus Solomon finished the house of Jehovah, and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of Jehovah, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.