Numbers 29:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you shall have a holy assembly; you shall do no servile work, and you shall keep a feast to the LORD seven days:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבַחֲמִשָּׁה֩ עָשָׂ֨ר י֜וֹם לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י מִֽקְרָא־קֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֔ם כָּל־מְלֶ֥אכֶת עֲבֹדָ֖ה לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֑וּ וְחַגֹּתֶ֥ם חַ֛ג לַיהוָ֖ה שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃

Transliteration

And on ḥămiššāh ʿāśār yôm to ḥōdeš the šəbîʿî, miqrāʾ-qōḏeš shall yihyeh to you, all-məleʾḵeṯ ʿăḇōḏāh not ṯaʿăśû; and ḥaggōṯem ḥag to YHWH seven yāmîm.

Grammar Details

• *ḥămiššāh ʿāśār*: number phrase - fifteen/fifteenth
• *yôm*: noun, masculine, singular - day
• *ḥōdeš*: noun, masculine, singular with definite article - the month
• *šəbîʿî*: adjective, masculine, singular with definite article - the seventh
• *miqrāʾ-qōḏeš*: construct noun phrase - holy convocation/assembly
• *yihyeh*: verb, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - will be
• *məleʾḵeṯ*: noun, feminine, construct - work of
• *ʿăḇōḏāh*: noun, feminine, singular - labor/service
• *ṯaʿăśû*: verb, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural - you shall do
• *ḥaggōṯem*: verb, qal perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural - you shall celebrate
• *ḥag*: noun, masculine, singular - feast/festival
• *yāmîm*: noun, masculine, plural - days

Word Meanings

• *ḥămiššāh ʿāśār yôm*: fifteenth day
• *miqrāʾ-qōḏeš*: holy convocation/holy assembly/sacred gathering
• *məleʾḵeṯ ʿăḇōḏāh*: laborious work/servile work
• *ḥaggōṯem ḥag*: you shall celebrate a feast/you shall observe a festival

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you shall hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. Celebrate a festival to the Lord for seven days.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And on the fifteenth{H2568} day{H3117} of the seventh{H7637} month{H2320} ye shall have a holy{H6944} convocation;{H4744} ye shall do{H6213} no servile{H5656} work,{H4399} and ye shall keep{H2287} a feast{H2282} unto Jehovah{H3068} seven{H7651} days:{H3117}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And on the fifteenth{H2568}{H6240} day{H3117} of the seventh{H7637} month{H2320} ye shall have an holy{H6944} convocation{H4744}; ye shall do{H6213}{(H8799)} no servile{H5656} work{H4399}, and ye shall keep{H2287}{(H8804)} a feast{H2282} unto the LORD{H3068} seven{H7651} days{H3117}:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And the.xv. daye of the seuenth moneth shalbe holy daye and ye shall doo no laboryous worke therein and ye shall kepe a feast vnto ye Lorde of.vij. dayes longe.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The fiftenth daye of the seuenth moneth shal be an holy couocacion wt you, no seruyle worke shal ye do therin, and seue dayes shal ye kepe a feast vnto the LORDE.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And in the fifteenth day of the seuenth moneth ye shall haue an holie conuocation: ye shall do no seruile worke therein, but yee shall keepe a feast vnto the Lord seuen daies.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And in the fifteenth day of the seueth moneth, ye shall haue an holy conuocation, and do then no seruile worke, and ye shall kepe a feast vnto the Lorde seuen dayes long.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work, and you shall keep a feast to Yahweh seven days:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month a holy convocation ye have; ye do no servile work; and ye have celebrated a festival to Jehovah seven days,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto Jehovah seven days:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto Jehovah seven days:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month let there be a holy meeting; do no field-work, and keep a feast to the Lord for seven days;

• World English Bible (2000)

  "'On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work, and you shall keep a feast to Yahweh seven days:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Feast of Temporary Shelters“‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you are to have a holy assembly; you must do no ordinary work, and you must keep a festival to the LORD for seven days.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 16:13-14 : 13 You shall observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after you have gathered in your grain and your wine: 14 And you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within your gates.
• Neh 8:14 : 14 And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month:
• Neh 8:18 : 18 Also day by day, from the first day until the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day there was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.
• Ezek 45:25 : 25 In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, he shall do the same in the feast of seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil.
• Zech 14:16-19 : 16 And it shall come to pass, that everyone that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 17 And it shall be, that whoever will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. 18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, with which the LORD will smite the nations that come not up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
• John 1:14 : 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
• Heb 11:9-9 : 9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: 10 For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God. 11 Through faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. 12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the seashore innumerable. 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, were assured of them, embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
• 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.
• Lev 23:33-43 : 33 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 34 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days to the LORD. 35 On the first day there shall be a holy gathering; you shall do no servile work in it. 36 Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD; on the eighth day there shall be a holy gathering to you, and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD; it is a solemn assembly, and you shall do no servile work in it. 37 These are the feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy gatherings, to offer an offering made by fire to the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, everything on its day. 38 Besides the sabbaths of the LORD and besides your gifts and besides all your vows and besides all your freewill offerings which you give to the LORD. 39 Also on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruit of the land, you shall keep a feast to the LORD seven days; on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. 40 And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. 41 And you shall keep it a feast to the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute forever in your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month. 42 You shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are native Israelites shall dwell in booths. 43 That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.