And do notוְלֹאcarry outתוֹצִיאוּa burdenמַשָּׂאfrom your housesמִבָּתֵּיכֶםon the dayבְּיוֹםof the Sabbath,הַשַּׁבָּתand noוְכָל לֹאworkמְלָאכָהshall you do;תַעֲשׂוּbut keep holyוְקִדַּשְׁתֶּםthe dayיוֹםof the Sabbath,הַשַּׁבָּתasכַּאֲשֶׁרI commandedצִוִּיתִיyour fathers.אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם
Jeremiah 17:22
Study it in the app“And do not carry out a burden from your houses on the day of the Sabbath, and no work shall you do; but keep holy the day of the Sabbath, as I commanded your fathers.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 17:22, word by word
- carry outתוֹצִיאוּtotsiu
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “totsiu” appears- a burdenמַשָּׂאmasa
burden
A load carried on the back; also, the act of carrying it.
Where else “masa” appears- from your housesבָּתֵּיbate
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bate” appears- on the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- of the Sabbathשַּׁבָּתshabat
Sabbath
The seventh day, set apart for YHWH, for rest.
Where else “shabat” appears- workמְלָאכָהmelacha
work
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melacha” appears- shall you doתַעֲשׂוּtaasu
prepare
To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.
Where else “taasu” appears- but keep holyקִדַּשְׁתֶּםkidashtem
consecrate
To set apart people, things or a day for God.
Where else “kidashtem” appears- I commandedצִוִּיתִיtsiviti
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiviti” appears- your fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears
The context
21Thus says YHWH: Guard yourselves, for the sake of your souls, and do not carry a burden on the day of the Sabbath, nor bring it in through the gates of Jerusalem.
22 · This verse (above)
23But they did not listen or incline their ear, but they hardened their neck so as not to listen and not to receive correction.