“Speakדַּבֵּרto the sonsאֶל בְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלsaying:לֵאמֹרIn the seventhבַּ הַשְּׁבִיעִיmonth,חֹדֶשׁon the firstבְּאֶחָדof the month,לַחֹדֶשׁyou shall haveיִהְיֶה לָכֶםa solemn rest,שַׁבָּתוֹןa memorialזִכְרוֹןwith a blast of acclamation,תְּרוּעָהa holyקֹדֶשׁconvocation.מִקְרָא
Leviticus 23:24
Study it in the app““Speak to the sons of Israel, saying: In the seventh month, on the first of the month, you shall have a solemn rest, a memorial with a blast of acclamation, a holy convocation.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 23:24, word by word
- “Speakדַּבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- to the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- In the seventhשְּׁבִיעִיshevii
seventh
Seventh.
Where else “shevii” appears- monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- on the firstאֶחָדechad
first
Literally "one": day one of the month.
Where else “echad” appears- you shall haveיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- a solemn restשַׁבָּתוֹןshabaton
solemn rest
Solemn rest: a day when all work is laid aside.
Where else “shabaton” appears- a memorialזִכְרוֹןzichron
memorial
Memorial: something done or kept in order to remember.
Where else “zichron” appears- with a blast of acclamationתְּרוּעָהterua
acclamation
A glad outcry, or a festive trumpet blast.
Where else “terua” 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
Translation note
The “acclamation” is the loud sound of the trumpet or the horn (Numbers 29:1; 10:10).
The context
23And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,
24 · This verse (above)
25You shall do no laborious work at all, and you shall present a fire offering to YHWH.”