Exodus 31:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשָׁמְר֥וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶת־הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת לַעֲשׂ֧וֹת אֶת־הַשַּׁבָּ֛ת לְדֹרֹתָ֖ם בְּרִ֥ית עוֹלָֽם׃

Transliteration

And wə- šāmar bənê-Yiśrāʾēl ʾet-the-šabbāt to-ʿāśâ ʾet-the-šabbāt for-dōrōtām bərît ʿôlām

Grammar Details

*šāmar*: qal perfect, 3rd plural with conjunction *wə* - and they shall keep
*bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*šabbāt*: noun, feminine singular with direct object marker and definite article - the sabbath
*ʿāśâ*: qal infinitive construct with preposition *lə* - to observe/celebrate
*dōrōtām*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine plural suffix and preposition *lə* - for their generations
*bərît*: noun, feminine singular construct - covenant of
*ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular - everlasting/perpetuity

Word Meanings

*šāmar*: keep/observe/guard
*ʿāśâ*: observe/celebrate/keep
*dōrōtām*: their generations/throughout their generations
*bərît* *ʿôlām*: everlasting covenant/perpetual covenant

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Referenced Verses

Gen 9:13 : 13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Gen 17:11 : 11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
Jer 50:5 : 5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.

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