Leviticus 16:31

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שַׁבַּ֨ת שַׁבָּת֥וֹן הִיא֙ לָכֶ֔ם וְעִנִּיתֶ֖ם אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑ם חֻקַּ֖ת עוֹלָֽם׃

Transliteration

Shabbat shabbātôn it to-you, wə-ʿinnîtem ʾet-naphshōtêkem; ḥuqqat ʿôlām.

Grammar Details

*Shabbat shabbātôn*: construct state + absolute noun, 'sabbath of sabbaths/complete rest'
*hîʾ*: 3rd person feminine singular pronoun - 'it/she'
*lākem*: preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - 'to/for you'
*wə-ʿinnîtem*: conjunction + Piel perfect 2nd person masculine plural - 'and you shall afflict/humble'
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*naphshōtêkem*: feminine plural noun + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - 'your souls/selves'
*ḥuqqat*: feminine singular construct noun - 'statute of'
*ʿôlām*: masculine singular noun - 'eternity/perpetuity'

Word Meanings

*shabbātôn*: complete rest/solemn rest/cessation
*ʿinnîtem*: afflict/humble/deny/practice self-denial
*naphshōtêkem*: souls/selves/persons/lives
*ḥuqqat ʿôlām*: perpetual statute/everlasting ordinance/eternal decree

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Referenced Verses

Lev 23:32 : 32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
Isa 58:5 : 5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Lev 25:4 : 4 But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
Isa 58:3 : 3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
Exod 31:15 : 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.
Exod 35:2 : 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.

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