Sixשֵׁשֶׁתdaysיָמִיםyou shall doתַּעֲשֶׂהyour work,מַעֲשֶׂיךָand on the seventhוּבַ הַשְּׁבִיעִיdayיּוֹםyou shall cease,תִּשְׁבֹּתso thatלְמַעַןyour oxשׁוֹרְךָand your donkeyוַחֲמֹרֶךָmay rest,יָנוּחַand the sonוְ בֶּןof your female slaveאֲמָתְךָand the resident alienוְהַגֵּרmay be refreshed.יִנָּפֵשׁ
Exodus 23:12
Study it in the app“Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female slave and the resident alien may be refreshed.”
Rest so that even the ox, the donkey and the foreigner may catch their breathWork and Rest
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 23:12, word by word
- 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- you shall doתַּעֲשֶׂהtaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taase” appears- your workמַעֲשֶׂיmaase
labor
What one does each day to earn a living: his work, his trade.
Where else “maase” appears- and on the seventhשְּׁבִיעִיshevii
seventh
Seventh.
Where else “shevii” appears- you shall ceaseתִּשְׁבֹּתtishbot
cease
To leave off working, rest; God did so when done, not from tiredness.
Where else “tishbot” appears- your oxשׁוֹרְshor
ox, bull
Ox or bull: a head of cattle.
Where else “shor” appears- and your donkeyחֲמֹרֶchamore
donkey
Donkey, male donkey.
Where else “chamore” appears- may restיָנוּחַyanuach
rest
To stay still and settle in a place.
Where else “yanuach” appears- and the sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of your female slaveאֲמָתְamat
female slave, maidservant
Female slave, maidservant.
Where else “amat” appears- and the resident alienגֵּרger
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- may be refreshedיִנָּפֵשׁyinafesh
be refreshed
Catch one's breath, be refreshed.
Where else “yinafesh” appears
The context
11but the seventh year you shall let it rest and leave it alone, so that the poor of your people may eat, and what they leave the animals of the field may eat. So you shall do with your vineyard and with your olive grove.
12 · This verse (above)
13In all that I have said to you, take care. Do not mention the name of other gods; let it not be heard on your lips.