Study it in the app“Remember 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.”
Israel rests remembering it was once a slave in EgyptWork and Rest
Rememberוְזָכַרְתָּthatכִּיyou wereהָיִיתָa slaveעֶבֶדin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםand that YHWHוַ יְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָbrought you outיֹּצִאֲךָfrom thereמִשָּׁםwith a strongחֲזָקָהhandבְּיָדand with an outstretchedנְטוּיָהarm;וּבִזְרֹעַthereforeעַל כֵּןYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָhas commanded youצִוְּךָto celebrateלַעֲשׂוֹתthe dayאֶת יוֹםof the Sabbath.הַשַׁבָּת
remember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “zacharta” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayita” appearsslave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “eved” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsYHWH
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 “yehva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsbring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “yotsia” appearsstrong
Of great power or intensity: a hand, a wind or a famine no one can withstand.
Where else “chazaka” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearsstretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “netuya” appearsarm
The limb between shoulder and hand; in an animal, the shoulder.
Where else “zeroa” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiv” appearsprepare
To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.
Where else “asot” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsSabbath
The seventh day, set apart for YHWH, for rest.
Where else “shabat” appearsEgypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
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.
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16Honor your father and your mother, as YHWH your Elohim has commanded you, so that your days may be long and so that it may go well with you on the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you.
