On the first dayוּבַיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹןa holyקֹדֶשׁconvocation,מִקְרָאand on the seventh dayוּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִיa holyקֹדֶשׁconvocationמִקְרָאyou shall have.יִהְיֶה לָכֶםNoכָּל לֹאworkמְלָאכָהshall be doneיֵעָשֶׂהon them;בָהֶםonlyאַךְwhatאֲשֶׁרis eatenיֵאָכֵלby everyלְכָלperson,נֶפֶשׁthatהוּאaloneלְבַדּוֹmay be doneיֵעָשֶׂהby you.לָכֶם
Exodus 12:16
Study it in the app“On the first day a holy convocation, and on the seventh day a holy convocation you shall have. No work shall be done on them; only what is eaten by every person, that alone may be done by you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 12:16, word by word
- On the first dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- On the first dayרִאשׁוֹןrishon
first
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishon” appears- a holyקֹדֶשׁkodesh
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kodesh” appears- convocationמִקְרָאmikra
convocation
A holy gathering of all the people.
Where else “mikra” appears- and on the seventh dayשְּׁבִיעִיshevii
seventh
Seventh.
Where else “shevii” appears- you shall haveיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- workמְלָאכָהmelacha
work
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melacha” appears- shall be doneיֵעָשֶׂהyease
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yease” appears- is eatenיֵאָכֵלyeachel
feed
To feed.
Where else “yeachel” appears- personנֶפֶשׁnefesh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appears- aloneבַדּvad
alone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vad” appears
The context
15Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. Indeed, on the first day you shall remove leaven from your houses, for whoever eats anything leavened, that person shall be cut off from Israel, from the first day until the seventh day.
16 · This verse (above)
17You shall keep the festival of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought out your armies from the land of Egypt; and you shall keep this day throughout your generations as a statute forever.