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Sixשֵׁשֶׁתdaysיָמִיםyou shall workתַּעֲבֹדand doוְעָשִׂיתָallכָּלyour work,מְלַאכְתֶּךָ
Deuteronomy 5:13
Study it in the app“Six days you shall work and do all your work,”
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Deuteronomy 5:13, word by word
- Sixשֵׁשֶׁתsheshet
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “sheshet” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears- you shall workתַּעֲבֹדtaavod
work
To toil, till the land.
Where else “taavod” appears- and doעָשִׂיתָasita
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asita” appears- your workמְלַאכְתֶּmelachte
work
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melachte” appears
The context
12Keep the day of the Sabbath to make it holy, as YHWH your Elohim has commanded you.
13 · This verse (above)
14but the seventh day is a Sabbath to YHWH your Elohim. You shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your male slave, or your female slave, or your ox, or your donkey, or any of your livestock, or your resident alien who is within your gates, so that your male slave and your female slave may rest like you.