Study it in the app““Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them: The appointed times of YHWH, which you shall proclaim as holy convocations, these are my appointed times.”
“Speakדַּבֵּרto the sonsאֶל בְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלand sayוְאָמַרְתָּto them:אֲלֵהֶםThe appointed timesמוֹעֲדֵיof YHWH,יְהוָהwhichאֲשֶׁר אֹתָםyou shall proclaimתִּקְרְאוּas holyקֹדֶשׁconvocations,מִקְרָאֵיtheseאֵלֶּהareהֵםmy appointed times.מוֹעֲדָי
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appearsfestival
Literally "meeting time": days YHWH set for his people to meet him.
Where else “moade” appearsYHWH
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” appearsproclaim
To announce aloud.
Where else “tikru” appearsholy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kodesh” appearsconvocation
A holy gathering of all the people.
Where else “mikrae” appearsThe “appointed times” (moadim) are the fixed dates of the feasts of this chapter, beginning with the Sabbath (v. 3). Colossians 2:16-17 calls festivals, new moons and Sabbaths “a shadow of what was to come” and says: “but the body belongs to the Messiah.”
1And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,
2 · This verse (above)
3Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work at all; it is a Sabbath to YHWH in all your dwellings.
