Genesis

Genesis 2:2–3

²And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.^a

³Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.

Footnotes

a 2:2 Cited in Hebrews 4:4|HEB 4:4

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Genesis 2:2

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And by the seventh	הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י	haš·šə·ḇî·‘î	Article; Number - ordinal masculine singular	H7637 seventh
day	בַּיּ֣וֹם	bay·yō·wm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
God	אֱלֹהִים֙	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
had finished	וַיְכַ֤ל	way·ḵal	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
the work	מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ	mə·laḵ·tōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H4399 occupation, work
He had been doing	עָשָׂ֑ה	‘ā·śāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
so on	הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י	haš·šə·ḇî·‘î	Article; Number - ordinal masculine singular	H7637 seventh
day	בַּיּ֣וֹם	bay·yō·wm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
He rested	וַיִּשְׁבֹּת֙	way·yiš·bōṯ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7673 cease, desist, rest
from all	מִכָּל־	mik·kāl	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
His work	מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ	mə·laḵ·tōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H4399 occupation, work

Genesis 2:3

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then God	אֱלֹהִים֙	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
blessed	וַיְבָ֤רֶךְ	way·ḇā·reḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1288 kneel, bless
the seventh	הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י	haš·šə·ḇî·‘î	Article; Number - ordinal masculine singular	H7637 seventh
day	י֣וֹם	yō·wm	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3117 day
and sanctified	וַיְקַדֵּ֖שׁ	way·qad·dêš	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6942 be set apart, consecrated
it	אֹת֑וֹ	’ō·ṯōw	Direct object marker; third person masculine singular	H853 mark of the accusative
because	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
on	ב֤וֹ	ḇōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
He rested	שָׁבַת֙	šā·ḇaṯ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7673 cease, desist, rest
from all	מִכָּל־	mik·kāl	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the work	מְלַאכְתּ֔וֹ	mə·laḵ·tōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H4399 occupation, work
of creation	בָּרָ֥א	bā·rā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1254 shape, create
that	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
had accomplished	לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃פ	la·‘ă·śō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H6213 do, make

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Genesis 2:2 Hebrews 4:4 · Exodus 31:17 · Deuteronomy 5:14 · Exodus 23:12 · Exodus 20:8–11 · John 5:17 · Isaiah 58:13

Genesis 2:3 Leviticus 23:3 · Mark 2:27 · Ezekiel 20:12 · Exodus 31:13–17 · Luke 23:56 · Exodus 34:21 · Exodus 35:2–3 · Jeremiah 17:21–27 · Leviticus 25:2–3 · Nehemiah 9:14 · Exodus 23:12 · Exodus 20:8–11

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.