but the seventhוְ הַשְּׁבִיעִיdayיוֹםis a Sabbathשַׁבָּתto YHWHלַיהוָהyour Elohim.אֱלֹהֶיךָYou shall notלֹאdoתַעֲשֶׂהanyכָלwork,מְלָאכָהyou,אַתָּהor your son,וּבִנְךָor your daughter,וּבִתֶּךָor your male slave,וְעַבְדְּךָor your female slave,וַאֲמָתֶךָor your ox,וְשׁוֹרְךָor your donkey,וַחֲמֹרְךָor anyוְכָלof your livestock,בְּהֶמְתֶּךָor your resident alienוְגֵרְךָwhoאֲשֶׁרis within your gates,בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָso thatלְמַעַןyour male slaveעַבְדְּךָand your female slaveוַאֲמָתְךָmay restיָנוּחַlike you.כָּמוֹךָ
Deuteronomy 5:14
Study it in the app“but 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.”
Israel rests remembering it was once a slave in EgyptWork and Rest
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 5:14, word by word
- but the seventhשְּׁבִיעִיshevii
seventh
Seventh.
Where else “shevii” appears- dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- is a Sabbathשַׁבָּתshabat
Sabbath
The seventh day, set apart for YHWH, for rest.
Where else “shabat” appears- to YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- doתַעֲשֶׂהtaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taase” appears- workמְלָאכָהmelacha
work
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melacha” appears- or your sonבִנְvin
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vin” appears- or your daughterבִתֶּvite
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vite” appears- or your male slaveעַבְדְּavd
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “avd” appears- or your female slaveאֲמָתֶamate
female slave, maidservant
Female slave, maidservant.
Where else “amate” appears- or your oxשׁוֹרְshor
ox, bull
Ox or bull: a head of cattle.
Where else “shor” appears- or your donkeyחֲמֹרְchamor
donkey
Donkey, male donkey.
Where else “chamor” appears- of your livestockבְּהֶמְתֶּbehemte
livestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “behemte” appears- or your resident alienגֵרְger
resident alien
Foreigner who lives in a land that is not his own, without the rights of those who belong to the place.
Where else “ger” appears- is within your gatesשְׁעָרֶיsheare
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “sheare” appears- may restיָנוּחַyanuach
rest
To stay still and settle in a place.
Where else “yanuach” appears
The context
13Six days you shall work and do all your work,
14 · This verse (above)
15Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that YHWH your Elohim brought you out from there with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm; therefore YHWH your Elohim has commanded you to celebrate the day of the Sabbath.