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You shall doתַעֲשׂוּnoלֹאwork at all;כָּל מְלָאכָהit is a statuteחֻקַּתforeverעוֹלָםthroughout your generationsלְדֹרֹתֵיכֶםin allבְּכֹלyour dwellings.מֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם
Leviticus 23:31
Study it in the app“You shall do no work at all; it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 23:31, word by word
- You shall doתַעֲשׂוּtaasu
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “taasu” appears- work at allמְלָאכָהmelacha
work
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melacha” 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- throughout your generationsדֹרֹתֵיdorote
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dorote” appears- your dwellingsמֹשְׁבֹתֵיmoshvote
dwelling
A place where someone settles to live, whether a house, a city or a camp.
Where else “moshvote” appears
The context
30And any person who does any work on this very day, I will destroy that person from among their people.
31 · This verse (above)
32It is a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall afflict your souls; on the ninth day of the month in the evening, from evening to evening, you shall cease in your Sabbath.”