Leviticus 23:24

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דַּבֵּ֛ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר בַּחֹ֨דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜י בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֗דֶשׁ יִהְיֶ֤ה לָכֶם֙ שַׁבָּת֔וֹן זִכְר֥וֹן תְּרוּעָ֖ה מִקְרָא־קֹֽדֶשׁ׃

Transliteration

dabbēr to-bənê Yiśrā'ēl lē'mōr in-the-ḥōdeš the-seventh in-one to-the-ḥōdeš yihyeh to-you šabbātôn zikrôn tərû'â miqrā'-qōdeš

Grammar Details

• *dabbēr*: piel imperative masculine singular - speak
• *bənê*: masculine construct plural noun - sons of
• *Yiśrā'ēl*: proper name - Israel
• *lē'mōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying
• *ḥōdeš*: masculine singular noun - month/new moon
• *yihyeh*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - it will be
• *šabbātôn*: masculine singular noun - sabbath rest/complete rest
• *zikrôn*: masculine singular construct noun - memorial/remembrance
• *tərû'â*: feminine singular noun - shouting/blowing/alarm
• *miqrā'*: masculine singular construct noun - convocation/assembly
• *qōdeš*: masculine singular noun - holiness/holy thing

Word Meanings

• *dabbēr*: speak/talk
• *bənê* *Yiśrā'ēl*: children of Israel/Israelites
• *ḥōdeš*: month/new moon/lunar month
• *šabbātôn*: sabbath observance/complete rest/solemn rest
• *zikrôn* *tərû'â*: memorial of blowing/commemoration with trumpet blast/remembrance with shouting
• *tərû'â*: shouting/blowing of trumpets/alarm
• *miqrā'*-*qōdeš*: holy convocation/sacred assembly

Referenced Verses

• Lev 25:9 : 9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubi to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.
• Num 10:9-9 : 9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. 10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.
• 1 Cor 15:52 : 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
• 1 Thess 4:16 : 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
• Num 29:1-6 : 1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you. 2 And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish: 3 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram, 4 And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: 5 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you: 6 Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.
• 2 Chr 5:13 : 13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
• Ezra 3:6 : 6 From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid.
• Ps 81:1-4 : 1 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A alm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take a alm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the altery. 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. 4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
• Ps 98:6 : 6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.
• Isa 27:13 : 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
• 1 Chr 15:28 : 28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.