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So the peopleוַ הָעָםceased workingיִּשְׁבְּתוּon the seventh day.בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִעִי
Exodus 16:30
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Exodus 16:30, word by word
- So the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- ceased workingיִּשְׁבְּתוּyishbtu
cease
To leave off working, rest; God did so when done, not from tiredness.
Where else “yishbtu” appears- on the seventh dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- on the seventh dayשְּׁבִעִיshevii
seventh
Seventh.
Where else “shevii” appears
Translation note
“Ceased” translates the verb shavat, “to cease,” from which “Sabbath” (shabbat) comes.
The context
29See that YHWH has given you the Sabbath; that is why he gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Stay, each one, where he is; let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.”
30 · This verse (above)
31The house of Israel called its name manna. It was like coriander seed, white, and its taste was like wafers with honey.