Leviticus

Leviticus 23:3

³For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For six	שֵׁ֣שֶׁת	šê·šeṯ	Number - masculine singular construct	H8337 six
days	יָמִים֮	yā·mîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3117 day
work	מְלָאכָה֒	mə·lā·ḵāh	Noun - feminine singular	H4399 occupation, work
may be done	תֵּעָשֶׂ֣ה	tê·‘ā·śeh	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H6213 do, make
but the seventh	הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י	haš·šə·ḇî·‘î	Article; Number - ordinal masculine singular	H7637 seventh
day	וּבַיּ֣וֹם	ū·ḇay·yō·wm	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
is a Sabbath	שַׁבַּ֤ת	šab·baṯ	Noun - common singular construct	H7676 Sabbath
of complete rest	שַׁבָּתוֹן֙	šab·bā·ṯō·wn	Noun - masculine singular	H7677 sabbath observance, sabbatism
a day of sacred	קֹ֔דֶשׁ	qō·ḏeš	Noun - masculine singular	H6944 sacred, sanctity
assembly	מִקְרָא־	miq·rā-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4744 convocation; convoking, reading
You must not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
do	תַעֲשׂ֑וּ	ṯa·‘ă·śū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H6213 do, make
any	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
work	מְלָאכָ֖ה	mə·lā·ḵāh	Noun - feminine singular	H4399 occupation, work
wherever	בְּכֹ֖ל	bə·ḵōl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
you live	מֽוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃פ	mō·wō·šə·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H4186 seat, assembly, dwelling-place, dwelling, dwellers
it	הִוא֙	hî	Pronoun - third person feminine singular	H1931 he, she
is a Sabbath	שַׁבָּ֥ת	šab·bāṯ	Noun - common singular	H7676 Sabbath
to the LORD	לַֽיהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

Cross-references

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Leviticus 19:3 · Exodus 35:2–3 · Exodus 23:12 · Exodus 31:13–17 · Luke 13:14 · Exodus 20:8–11 · Exodus 34:21 · Exodus 16:29 · Luke 23:56 · Deuteronomy 5:13–14 · Isaiah 56:2 · Isaiah 56:6

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.