Leviticus 23:2

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Speak to the Israelites and say to them: These are the appointed festivals of the Lord, which you must proclaim as holy assemblies; they are my appointed festivals.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם מוֹעֲדֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־תִּקְרְא֥וּ אֹתָ֖ם מִקְרָאֵ֣י קֹ֑דֶשׁ אֵ֥לֶּה הֵ֖ם מוֹעֲדָֽי׃

Transliteration

dabbēr ʾel-bənê Yiśrāʾēl wə-ʾāmartā ʾălēhem môʿădê YHWH ʾăšer-tiqrəʾû ʾōtām miqrāʾê qōdeš ʾēlleh hēm môʿădāy

Grammar Details

• *dabbēr*: Piel imperative, masculine singular - speak/say
• *ʾel*: preposition - to/unto
• *bənê*: construct noun, masculine plural - sons of/children of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *wə-ʾāmartā*: waw consecutive + Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you shall say
• *ʾălēhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - unto them
• *môʿădê*: construct noun, masculine plural - appointed times/feasts of
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that/whom
• *tiqrəʾû*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall call/proclaim
• *ʾōtām*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
• *miqrāʾê*: construct noun, masculine plural - convocations/assemblies of
• *qōdeš*: noun, masculine singular - holiness/sacredness
• *ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, plural - these
• *hēm*: 3rd person masculine plural pronoun - they/these
• *môʿădāy*: noun, masculine plural + 1st singular suffix - my appointed times/feasts

Word Meanings

• *môʿădê*: appointed times/feasts/festivals/seasonal celebrations
• *tiqrəʾû*: you shall call/proclaim/announce/summon
• *miqrāʾê*: convocations/holy assemblies/sacred gatherings
• *qōdeš*: holiness/sacredness/that which is set apart

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy gatherings, these are my feasts.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Speak{H1696} unto the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} and say{H559} unto them, The set feasts{H4150} of Jehovah,{H3068} which ye shall proclaim{H7121} to be holy{H6944} convocations,{H4744} even these are my set feasts.{H4150}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Speak{H1696}{(H8761)} unto the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, and say{H559}{(H8804)} unto them, Concerning the feasts{H4150} of the LORD{H3068}, which ye shall proclaim{H7121}{(H8799)} to be holy{H6944} convocations{H4744}, even these are my feasts{H4150}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  speake vnto the childern of Israel, and saye vnto them. These are the feastes off the Lorde which ye shal call holy feastes.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Speake vnto ye children of Israel, and saye vnto them: These are ye feastes of the LORDE, which ye shal call holy dayes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Speake vnto the children of Israel, & say vnto them, The feastes of ye Lord which yee shall call ye holie assemblies, euen these are my feasts.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto the: The feastes of the Lorde which ye shall call holy conuocations, euen these are my feastes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, [Concerning] the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim [to be] holy convocations, [even] these [are] my feasts.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'The set feasts of Yahweh, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, Appointed seasons of Jehovah, which ye proclaim, holy convocations, `are' these: they `are' My appointed seasons:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Speak 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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Speak 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Say to the children of Israel, These are the fixed feasts of the Lord, which you will keep for holy meetings: these are my feasts.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'The set feasts of Yahweh, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘These are the LORD’s appointed times which you must proclaim as holy assemblies– my appointed times:

Referenced Verses

• Lev 23:4 : 4 These are the Lord's appointed festivals, the holy assemblies, which you must proclaim at their appointed times:
• Lev 23:37 : 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—
• Hos 2:11 : 11 Therefore, I will take back my grain in its time and my new wine in its season. I will remove my wool and flax, which were to cover her nakedness.
• Ps 81:3 : 3 Raise a song and strike the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp.
• Exod 23:14-17 : 14 Three times a year you are to celebrate a festival to me. 15 Observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread; for seven days eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month of Aviv, for in that month you came out of Egypt. Do not appear before me empty-handed. 16 Celebrate the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of your work, of what you sow in the field, and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your produce from the field. 17 Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Sovereign Lord, the LORD.
• Num 10:10 : 10 Also, on the day of your rejoicing, at your appointed festivals, and at the beginning of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and your peace offerings; they will serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.
• Num 29:39 : 39 These you shall offer to the Lord at your appointed festivals, besides your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as burnt offerings, grain offerings, drink offerings, and peace offerings.
• Joel 2:15 : 15 Blow the ram’s horn in Zion! Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly.
• Jonah 3:5-9 : 5 The people of Nineveh believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least. 6 When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself in sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 Then he made a proclamation in Nineveh, by decree of the king and his nobles: “Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not graze or drink water. 8 But let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out to God with fervor. Let each turn from his evil ways and from the violence in their hands. 9 Who knows? God may turn and relent and withdraw His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
• John 5:1 : 1 After these things, there was a Jewish festival, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
• Col 2:1 : 1 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for all who have not seen me in person.
• 2 Kgs 10:20 : 20 Jehu commanded, "Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal." So they announced it.
• 2 Chr 30:5 : 5 So they decided to send a proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, calling the people to come to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover to the LORD, the God of Israel, because it had not been observed in large numbers as prescribed.
• Exod 32:5 : 5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of it and proclaimed, "Tomorrow there will be a festival to the LORD."
• Lev 23:21 : 21 On that same day you shall proclaim a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This shall be a perpetual statute for all your generations in all your dwellings.
• Isa 1:13-14 : 13 Do not bring any more meaningless offerings; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies—I cannot endure iniquity combined with solemn assembly. 14 Your New Moons and appointed festivals My soul hates. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.
• Isa 33:20 : 20 Look at Zion, the city of our appointed festivals! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a secure abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be uprooted, nor will any of its ropes be broken.
• Lam 1:4 : 4 The roads to Zion mourn, for no one comes to her appointed festivals. All her gates are desolate; her priests groan, her young women grieve, and she is in bitter anguish.
• Joel 1:14 : 14 Declare a holy fast; proclaim a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord.
• Lev 23:44 : 44 So Moses declared to the Israelites the appointed festivals of the Lord.
• Num 10:2-3 : 2 Make two silver trumpets for yourself; make them of hammered work. They shall be used for calling the assembly and for directing the movement of the camps. 3 When both are blown, the whole assembly shall gather to you at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.