Leviticus 23:3

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day [is] the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work [therein]: it [is] the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שֵׁ֣שֶׁת יָמִים֮ תֵּעָשֶׂ֣ה מְלָאכָה֒ וּבַיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י שַׁבַּ֤ת שַׁבָּתוֹן֙ מִקְרָא־קֹ֔דֶשׁ כָּל־מְלָאכָ֖ה לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֑וּ שַׁבָּ֥ת הִוא֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה בְּכֹ֖ל מֽוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

šēšet yāmîm tēʿāśeh məlāʾkāh û-ḇayyôm haššəḇîʿî šabbat šabbātôn miqrāʾ-qōdeš kol-məlāʾkāh lōʾ taʿăśû šabbāt hîʾ la-YHWH bə-ḵōl môšəḇōtêḵem

Grammar Details

• *šēšet*: cardinal number, construct form - six (of)
• *yāmîm*: noun, masculine plural - days
• *tēʿāśeh*: Niphal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - shall be done/performed
• *məlāʾkāh*: noun, feminine singular - work/labor/occupation
• *û-ḇayyôm*: conjunction + preposition + article + noun, masculine singular - and on the day
• *haššəḇîʿî*: article + ordinal number, masculine singular - the seventh
• *šabbat*: noun, feminine singular - sabbath/rest
• *šabbātôn*: noun, masculine singular - complete rest/solemn rest
• *miqrāʾ*: noun, masculine singular, construct - convocation/assembly of
• *qōdeš*: noun, masculine singular - holiness/sacredness
• *kol*: noun, masculine singular, construct - all/any of
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *taʿăśû*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall do/perform
• *šabbāt*: noun, feminine singular - sabbath/rest
• *hîʾ*: 3rd person feminine singular pronoun - it/she
• *la-YHWH*: preposition + divine name - to/for YHWH
• *bə-ḵōl*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in all of
• *môšəḇōtêḵem*: noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your dwelling places/settlements

Word Meanings

• *məlāʾkāh*: work/labor/occupation/craftsmanship/business
• *šabbat*: rest/cessation/sabbath
• *šabbātôn*: complete rest/solemn rest/sabbath observance
• *miqrāʾ*-*qōdeš*: holy convocation/sacred assembly/holy gathering

Referenced Verses

• Lev 19:3 : 3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I [am] the LORD your God.
• Exod 23:12 : 12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
• Luke 13:14 : 14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
• Exod 34:21 : 21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
• Exod 35:2-3 : 2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. 3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
• Exod 20:8-9 : 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates: 11 For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
• Luke 23:56 : 56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
• Acts 15:21 : 21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
• Rev 1:10 : 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
• Exod 31:13-17 : 13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it [is] a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that [ye] may know that I [am] the LORD that doth sanctify you. 14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it [is] holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth [any] work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh [is] the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth [any] work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. 16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, [for] a perpetual covenant. 17 It [is] a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
• Exod 16:23 : 23 And he said unto them, This [is that] which the LORD hath said, To morrow [is] the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake [that] which ye will bake [to day], and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
• Exod 16:29 : 29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
• Deut 5:13-14 : 13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: 14 But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
• Isa 56:2 : 2 Blessed [is] the man [that] doeth this, and the son of man [that] layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
• Isa 56:6 : 6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
• Isa 58:13 : 13 ¶ If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, [from] doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking [thine own] words: