Exodus 20:11

“For in six days YHWH made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; that is why YHWH blessed the day of the Sabbath and made it holy.”
Exodus 20:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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Forכִּיin sixשֵׁשֶׁתdaysיָמִיםYHWHיְהוָהmadeעָשָׂהthe heavensאֶת הַשָּׁמַיִםand the earth,וְאֶת הָאָרֶץthe sea,אֶת הַיָּםand allוְאֶת כָּלthatאֲשֶׁרis in them,בָּםand restedוַיָּנַחon the seventh day;בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִיthat is whyעַל כֵּןYHWHיְהוָהblessedבֵּרַךְthe dayאֶת יוֹםof the Sabbathהַשַּׁבָּתand made it holy.וַיְקַדְּשֵׁהוּ

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Both texts use the formula “you made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them,” which is also in Psalm 146:6.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

שָּׁמַיִםshamayimH8064οὐρανὸνouranonG3772“heavens”
אָרֶץaretsH776γῆνgēnG1093“earth, land”
יָּםyamH3220θάλασσανthalassanG2281“sea; west”
עָשָׂהasaH6213ποιήσαςpoiēsasG4160“make”

Exodus 20:11, word by word

in 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

YHWHיְהוָהyehva

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 “yehva” appears

madeעָשָׂהasa

make

To build or create something.

Where else “asa” appears

the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

Where else “shamayim” appears

and the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “arets” appears

the seaיָּםyam

sea

The sea, or a large lake.

Where else “yam” appears

and restedיָּנַחyanach

rest

To stay still and settle in a place.

Where else “yanach” appears

on the seventh dayשְּׁבִיעִיshevii

seventh

Seventh.

Where else “shevii” appears

blessedבֵּרַךְberach

bless

God gives good things: life, children, harvests.

Where else “berach” appears

of the Sabbathשַּׁבָּתshabat

Sabbath

The seventh day, set apart for YHWH, for rest.

Where else “shabat” appears

and made it holyיְקַדְּשֵׁyekadshe

consecrate

To set apart people, things or a day for God.

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The context

10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to YHWH your Elohim. You shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male slave, or your female slave, or your livestock, or your resident alien who is within your gates.

11 · This verse (above)

12Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long on the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you.

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