Deuteronomy 16:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

Seven weeks you shall number for yourself: begin to number the seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the grain.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׁבְעָ֥ה שָׁבֻעֹ֖ת תִּסְפָּר־לָ֑ךְ מֵהָחֵ֤ל חֶרְמֵשׁ֙ בַּקָּמָ֔ה תָּחֵ֣ל לִסְפֹּ֔ר שִׁבְעָ֖ה שָׁבֻעֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

šibʿâ šābūʿōt tispār-lāk mēhāḥēl ḥermēš baqqāmâ tāḥēl lispōr šibʿâ šābūʿôt

Grammar Details

• *šibʿâ*: feminine singular - seven
• *šābūʿōt*: masculine plural noun - weeks
• *tispār*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you shall count
• *lāk*: preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - for yourself
• *mēhāḥēl*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - from the beginning of
• *ḥermēš*: masculine singular noun - sickle
• *baqqāmâ*: preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - in the standing grain
• *tāḥēl*: hiphil imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you shall begin
• *lispōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to count
• *šābūʿôt*: masculine plural noun - weeks

Word Meanings

• *šābūʿōt*: weeks/sevens/periods of seven
• *ḥermēš*: sickle/cutting instrument
• *qāmâ*: standing grain/stalks/growth
• *tāḥēl*: begin/start/commence

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Count seven weeks from the time you begin to harvest the grain with the sickle.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Seven{H7651} weeks{H7620} shalt thou number{H5608} unto thee: from the time thou beginnest{H2490} to put the sickle{H2770} to the standing grain{H7054} shalt thou begin{H2490} to number{H5608} seven{H7651} weeks.{H7620}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Seven{H7651} weeks{H7620} shalt thou number{H5608}{(H8799)} unto thee: begin{H2490}{(H8687)} to number{H5608}{(H8800)} the seven{H7651} weeks{H7620} from such time as thou beginnest{H2490}{(H8686)} to put the sickle{H2770} to the corn{H7054}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Then reken the.vij. wekes, and begynne to reke the.vij. wekes when the syccle begynneth in the corne,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Seuen wekes shalt thou nombre vnto ye, and begynne to nombre whan the syccle begynneth in the corne,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Seuen weekes shalt thou nomber vnto thee, and shalt beginne to nomber ye seuen weekes, when thou beginnest to put the sickel to ye corne:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Seuen weekes shalt thou number vnto thee, and begynne to number the seuen weekes, when thou begynnest to put the sicle to the corne:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from [such time as] thou beginnest [to put] the sickle to the corn.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Seven weeks shall you number to you: from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain shall you begin to number seven weeks.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Seven weeks thou dost number to thee; from the beginning of the sickle among the standing corn thou dost begin to number seven weeks,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: from the time thou beginnest to put the sickle to the standing grain shalt thou begin to number seven weeks.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: from the time thou beginnest to put the sickle to the standing grain shalt thou begin to number seven weeks.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let seven weeks be numbered from the first day when the grain is cut.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall count for yourselves seven weeks: from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain you shall begin to number seven weeks.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Festival of Weeks You must count seven weeks; you must begin to count them from the time you begin to harvest the standing grain.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 23:16 : 16 and the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors which you have sown in the field; and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you have gathered in your labors from the field.
• Exod 34:22 : 22 And you shall observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end.
• Acts 2:1 : 1 When the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all together in one place.
• 1 Cor 16:8 : 8 But I will remain in Ephesus until Pentecost.
• Heb 2:1 : 1 Therefore we ought to give more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
• Lev 23:15-16 : 15 And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete. 16 Even to the day after the seventh sabbath shall you number fifty days; and you shall offer a new meat offering to the LORD.
• Num 28:26-30 : 26 Also on the day of the firstfruits, when you bring a new grain offering to the LORD, after your weeks are completed, you shall have a holy assembly; you shall do no servile work: 27 But you shall offer the burnt offering for a pleasing aroma to the LORD; two young bulls, one ram, seven lambs of the first year; 28 And their grain offering of flour mixed with oil, three tenth deals for one bull, two tenth deals for one ram, 29 A separate tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs; 30 And one kid of the goats, to make atonement for you.
• Deut 16:10 : 10 And you shall keep the feast of weeks to the LORD your God with a tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give to the LORD your God, according to how the LORD your God has blessed you:
• Deut 16:16 : 16 Three times in a year shall all your males appear before the LORD your God in the place which He shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:
• 2 Chr 8:13 : 13 Even according to a certain schedule every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the Sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.