Leviticus 23:24

KJV1611 – Modern English

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy gathering.

📖 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

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Speak to the Israelites and tell them: In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall hold a day of rest, a memorial with trumpet blasts, a sacred assembly.

• 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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Speak{H1696} unto the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} saying,{H559} In the seventh{H7637} month,{H2320} on the first{H259} day of the month,{H2320} shall be a solemn rest{H7677} unto you, a memorial{H2146} of blowing{H8643} of trumpets, a holy{H6944} convocation.{H4744}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Speak{H1696}{(H8761)} unto the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, In the seventh{H7637} month{H2320}, in the first{H259} day of the month{H2320}, shall ye have a sabbath{H7677}, a memorial{H2146} of blowing{H8643} of trumpets, an holy{H6944} convocation{H4744}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  speake vnto the childern of Israel ad saye. The first daye of the suenth moneth shalbe a rest of remembraunce vnto you, to blowe hornes in an holy feast it shalbe,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Speake vnto the children of Israel, & saye: Vpon the first daye of the seuenth moneth shal ye haue the holy rest of the remembraunce of blowinge,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Speake vnto the children of Israel, & say, In the seuenth moneth, and in the first day of the moneth shall ye haue a Sabbath, for the remembrance of blowing the trumpets, an holy conuocation.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel, and say: In the seuenth moneth, in the first day of the moneth shall ye haue Sabbath, euen the remembraunce of blowyng of trumpettes, an holy conuocation.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest to you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first of the month, ye have a sabbath, a memorial of shouting, a holy convocation;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest unto you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest unto you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Say to the children of Israel, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, let there be a special day of rest for you, a day of memory, marked by the blowing of horns, a meeting for worship.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest to you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Tell the Israelites,‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you must have a complete rest, a memorial announced by loud horn blasts, a holy assembly.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 25:9 : 9 Then you shall cause the trumpet of the Jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, on the Day of Atonement you shall make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.
• Num 10:9-9 : 9 And if you go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresses you, then you shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and you shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies. 10 Also on the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and at the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be a memorial for you 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 trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will 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 trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
• Num 29:1-6 : 1 In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy assembly; you shall do no servile work: it is a day for blowing the trumpets for you. 2 And you shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasing aroma to the LORD; one young bull, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish: 3 And their grain offering shall be of flour mixed with oil, three-tenths of an ephah for a bull, and two-tenths of an ephah for a ram, 4 And one-tenth of an ephah for one lamb, for each of the seven lambs: 5 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make atonement for you: 6 This is besides the burnt offering of the month, its grain offering, the daily burnt offering, its grain offering, and their drink offerings, according to their custom, for a pleasing aroma, a sacrifice made by fire to the LORD.
• 2 Chr 5:13 : 13 It happened, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endures forever: that the house was filled with a cloud, the house of the LORD;
• Ezra 3:6 : 6 From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid.
• Ps 81:1-4 : 1 Sing aloud to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. 2 Take a psalm, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant harp with the lyre. 3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the appointed time, 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 the sound of a horn 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 who were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and they 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 the sound of cornets, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.