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Sixשֵׁשֶׁתdaysיָמִיםyou shall work,תַּעֲבֹדbut on the seventh dayוּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִיyou shall cease;תִּשְׁבֹּתin plowing timeבֶּחָרִישׁand in harvestוּבַקָּצִירyou shall cease.תִּשְׁבֹּת
Exodus 34:21
Study it in the app“Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall cease; in plowing time and in harvest you shall cease.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 34:21, 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 workתַּעֲבֹדtaavod
work
To toil, till the land.
Where else “taavod” appears- but on the seventh dayשְּׁבִיעִיshevii
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- in plowing timeחָרִישׁcharish
plowing
Plowing; the season of plowing and sowing.
Where else “charish” appears- and in harvestקָּצִירkatsir
harvest
To cut and gather ripe grain and fruit; the season for it and what is gathered.
Where else “katsir” appears
Translation note
“You shall cease”: it is the verb from which “Sabbath” comes.
The context
20And the firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you do not redeem it, you shall break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. And none shall appear before me empty-handed.
21 · This verse (above)
22And the Feast of Weeks you shall observe for yourself, the first fruits of the harvest of wheat, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.