Exodus 20:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זָכ֛וֹר֩ אֶת־י֥֨וֹם הַשַׁבָּ֖֜ת לְקַדְּשֽׁ֗וֹ

Transliteration

zāḵôr ʾeṯ-yôm hash-shabbāṯ lə-qaddəshô

Grammar Details

• *zāḵôr*: qal infinitive absolute functioning as imperative - remember
• *ʾeṯ-yôm*: direct object marker + masculine singular construct - the day of
• *hash-shabbāṯ*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the sabbath
• *lə-qaddəshô*: preposition + piel infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to sanctify it

Word Meanings

• *zāḵôr*: remember/be mindful of/observe
• *shabbāṯ*: sabbath/rest day
• *lə-qaddəshô*: to sanctify it/to keep it holy/to set it apart

Referenced Verses

• Exod 31:13-16 : 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.
• Lev 19:3 : 3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
• Lev 26:2 : 2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
• Gen 2:3 : 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
• Lev 19:30 : 30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
• Lev 23:3 : 3 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.
• Exod 16:23-30 : 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. 24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. 25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field. 26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. 27 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. 28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? 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. 30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
• 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.
• Isa 56:4-6 : 4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; 5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. 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;