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On the firstבַּ הָרִאשׁוֹןdayיּוֹםyou shall haveיִהְיֶה לָכֶםa holyקֹדֶשׁconvocation;מִקְרָאyou shall doתַעֲשׂוּnoלֹאlaboriousעֲבֹדָהwork at all.כָּל מְלֶאכֶת
Leviticus 23:7
Study it in the app“On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work at all.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 23:7, word by word
- On the firstרִאשׁוֹןrishon
first
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishon” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- you shall haveיִהְיֶהyihye
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
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
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
The context
6And on the fifteenth day of this month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to YHWH; seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
7 · This verse (above)
8And you shall present a fire offering to YHWH seven days. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work at all.”