Numbers 29:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And 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;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבֶעָשׂוֹר֩ לַחֹ֨דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜י הַזֶּ֗ה מִֽקְרָא־קֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֔ם וְעִנִּיתֶ֖ם אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑ם כָּל־מְלָאכָ֖ה לֹ֥א תַעֲשֽׂוּ׃

Transliteration

And on ʿāśôr to ḥōdeš the šəbîʿî the this, miqrāʾ-qōḏeš shall yihyeh to you, and ʿinnîṯem ʾeṯ-nap̄šōṯêḵem; all-məlāʾḵāh not ṯaʿăśû.

Grammar Details

• *ʿāśôr*: noun, masculine, singular - tenth
• *ḥōdeš*: noun, masculine, singular with definite article - the month
• *šəbîʿî*: adjective, masculine, singular with definite article - the seventh
• *miqrāʾ-qōḏeš*: construct noun phrase - holy convocation/assembly
• *yihyeh*: verb, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - will be
• *ʿinnîṯem*: verb, piel perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural - you shall afflict
• *ʾeṯ-nap̄šōṯêḵem*: direct object marker with noun, feminine, plural construct with 2nd person, masculine, plural suffix - your souls
• *məlāʾḵāh*: noun, feminine, singular - work
• *ṯaʿăśû*: verb, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural - you shall do

Word Meanings

• *ʿāśôr*: tenth/tenth day
• *ʿinnîṯem ʾeṯ-nap̄šōṯêḵem*: you shall afflict your souls/you shall humble yourselves/you shall deny yourselves
• *məlāʾḵāh*: work/labor/occupation

Referenced Verses

• 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.
• Acts 27:9 : 9 And when much time was spent, and the voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast was now already gone by, Paul admonished them,
• Lev 16:29-31 : 29 And 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: 30 for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins shall ye be clean before Jehovah. 31 It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever.
• Lev 23:26-32 : 26 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 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. 28 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. 29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day; he shall be cut off from his people. 30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any manner of work in that same day, that soul will I destroy from among his people. 31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 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.
• Ezra 8:21 : 21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
• Rom 6:6 : 6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;
• 1 Cor 9:27 : 27 but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, {G4458} after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
• 2 Cor 7:9-9 : 9 I now rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry unto repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly sort, that ye might suffer loss by us in nothing. 10 For {G2596} godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, [a repentance] which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 11 For behold, this selfsame thing, that ye were made sorry after a godly sort, what earnest care it wrought in you, yea what clearing of yourselves, yea what indignation, yea what fear, yea what longing, yea what zeal, yea what avenging! In everything ye approved yourselves to be pure in the matter.
• Jas 4:8-9 : 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt {G5312} you.
• 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 22:12 : 12 And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
• Isa 58:3-5 : 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?
• Zech 7:3 : 3 [ and] to speak unto the priests of the house of Jehovah of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
• Zech 12:10 : 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they shall look unto me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.
• Matt 5:4 : 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
• Luke 13:3 : 3 I tell you, Nay: but, except {G3361} ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish.
• Luke 13:5 : 5 I tell you, Nay: but, except {G3361} ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.