Leviticus 23:21

“And on this very day you shall proclaim: there shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall do no laborious work at all; it is a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.”

Leviticus 23:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 23:21, word by word

veryעֶצֶםetsem

very

With "day", it means "that very day", stressing that it happened right then.

Where else “etsem” appears
dayיּוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yom” appears
you shall proclaimקְרָאתֶםkeratem

proclaim

To announce aloud.

Where else “keratem” appears
there shall beיִהְיֶהyihye

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

Where else “yihye” appears
a holyקֹדֶשׁkodesh

holy thing

Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.

Where else “kodesh” appears
convocationמִקְרָאmikra

convocation

A holy gathering of all the people.

Where else “mikra” appears
you shall doתַעֲשׂוּtaasu

carry out

To do what is commanded.

Where else “taasu” appears
laboriousעֲבֹדָהavoda

labor

The task someone does with his hands, above all work in the field.

Where else “avoda” appears
work at allמְלֶאכֶתmelechet

work

The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.

Where else “melechet” appears
it is a statuteחֻקַּתchukat

statute

Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.

Where else “chukat” appears
foreverעוֹלָםolam

forever

Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.

Where else “olam” appears
your dwellingsמוֹשְׁבֹתֵיmoshvote

dwelling

A place where someone settles to live, whether a house, a city or a camp.

Where else “moshvote” appears
throughout your generationsדֹרֹתֵיdorote

generation

The people of the same time.

Where else “dorote” appears

The context

20And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits as a wave offering before YHWH, with the two lambs; they shall be holy to YHWH for the priest.

21 · This verse (above)

22And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not finish reaping the edge of your field, and the gleanings of your harvest you shall not gather; for the poor and for the resident alien you shall leave them. I am YHWH your Elohim.”

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