And onבְּthisהַזֶּהveryעֶצֶםdayהַיּוֹםyou shall proclaim:וּקְרָאתֶםthere shall beיִהְיֶהa holyקֹדֶשׁconvocationמִקְרָאfor you;לָכֶםyou shall doתַעֲשׂוּnoלֹאlaboriousעֲבֹדָהwork at all;כָּל מְלֶאכֶתit is a statuteחֻקַּתforeverעוֹלָםin allבְּכָלyour dwellingsמוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶםthroughout your generations.לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם
Leviticus 23:21
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.”