Deuteronomy 31:10

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then Moses commanded them, saying, 'At the end of every seven years, in the appointed time of the year of release, during the Festival of Tabernacles,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְצַ֥ו מֹשֶׁ֖ה אוֹתָ֣ם לֵאמֹ֑ר מִקֵּ֣ץ ׀ שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֗ים בְּמֹעֵ֛ד שְׁנַ֥ת הַשְּׁמִטָּ֖ה בְּחַ֥ג הַסֻּכּֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

And wa-yəṣaw Mōšeh them lēʾmōr: at-miqqēṣ seven šānîm, in-bə-mōʿēd šənat the-šəmiṭṭāh, in-bə-ḥag the-sukkôt.

Grammar Details

• *wa-yəṣaw*: waw consecutive + piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - 'and he commanded'
• *Mōšeh*: proper noun - 'Moses'
• *lēʾmōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - 'to say'
• *miqqēṣ*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct - 'at the end of'
• *šānîm*: noun feminine plural - 'years'
• *bə-mōʿēd*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct - 'at the appointed time of'
• *šənat*: noun feminine singular construct - 'year of'
• *šəmiṭṭāh*: noun feminine singular - 'release'
• *bə-ḥag*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct - 'at the feast of'
• *sukkôt*: noun feminine plural - 'booths/tabernacles'

Word Meanings

• *wa-yəṣaw*: commanded/ordered/instructed
• *miqqēṣ*: at the end of/after/at the completion of
• *bə-mōʿēd*: at the appointed time/at the festival/at the season
• *šəmiṭṭāh*: release/remission/letting drop
• *sukkôt*: booths/tabernacles/temporary shelters

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Moses command them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Moses{H4872} commanded{H6680} them, saying,{H559} At the end{H7093} of [every] seven{H7651} years,{H8141} in the set{H4150} time of the year{H8141} of release,{H8059} in the feast{H2282} of tabernacles,{H5521}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Moses{H4872} commanded{H6680}{(H8762)} them, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, At the end{H7093} of every seven{H7651} years{H8141}, in the solemnity{H4150} of the year{H8141} of release{H8059}, in the feast{H2282} of tabernacles{H5521},

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and commaunded them sayenge: At the ende of.vij. yere, in the tyme of the fre yere, in the fest of the tabernacles,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And he commaunded them, and sayde: At the ende of seuen yeares, in the tyme of the Fre yeare, in the feast of Tabernacles

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Moses commanded them, saying, Euery seuenth yeere when the yeere of freedome shalbe in the feast of the Tabernacles:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Moyses comaunded them, saying: Euery seuenth yere, in the solempnitie of the free yere, euen in the feast of tabernacles,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of [every] seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of [every] seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tents,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and Moses commandeth them, saying, `At the end of seven years, in the appointed time, the year of release, in the feast of booths,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of `every' seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of [every] seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Moses said to them, At the end of every seven years, at the time fixed for the ending of debts, at the feast of tents,

• World English Bible (2000)

  Moses commanded them, saying, "At the end of [every] seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tents,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He commanded them:“At the end of seven years, at the appointed time of the cancellation of debts, at the Feast of Shelters,

Referenced Verses

• Deut 15:1-2 : 1 At the end of seven years, you shall institute a release. 2 This is the manner of the release: Every creditor shall release what they have lent to their neighbor. They shall not demand payment from their neighbor or their relative, because the Lord’s release has been proclaimed.
• Lev 23:34-43 : 34 Speak to the Israelites and say: On the fifteenth day of this seventh month the Festival of Booths to the Lord begins, and it shall last for seven days. 35 On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work. 36 For seven days you are to present fire offerings to the Lord. On the eighth day you shall hold a sacred assembly and present a fire offering to the Lord. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work. 37 These are the appointed festivals of the Lord that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting fire offerings to the Lord—burnt offerings, grain offerings, sacrifices, and drink offerings, each on its designated day— 38 in addition to the Lord's Sabbaths, your gifts, all your vow offerings, and all your freewill offerings you give to the Lord. 39 However, on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you gather in the produce of the land, you must celebrate the Lord's Festival for seven days. The first day shall be a day of rest, and the eighth day shall also be a day of rest. 40 On the first day, you shall take for yourselves the fruit of splendid trees, palm branches, leafy tree boughs, and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days. 41 You shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord for seven days each year. This is a perpetual statute for your generations; you shall observe it in the seventh month. 42 You shall live in booths for seven days. Every native-born Israelite is to dwell in booths, 43 so that your generations may know that I made the Israelites dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.