And you shall presentוְהִקְרַבְתֶּםa fire offeringאִשֶּׁהto YHWHלַיהוָהsevenשִׁבְעַתdays.יָמִיםOn the seventhבַּ הַשְּׁבִיעִיdayיּוֹםis a holyקֹדֶשׁconvocation;מִקְרָאyou shall doתַעֲשׂוּnoלֹאlaboriousעֲבֹדָהwork at all.”כָּל מְלֶאכֶת
Leviticus 23:8
Study it in the app“And 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 23:8, word by word
- And you shall presentהִקְרַבְתֶּםhikravtem
bring near
To bring something, or offer a gift to YHWH.
Where else “hikravtem” appears- a fire offeringאִשֶּׁהishe
fire offering
Fire offering: an offering burned on the altar for God; sometimes any sacrifice.
Where else “ishe” appears- to YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appears- sevenשִׁבְעַתshivat
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shivat” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears- On the seventhשְּׁבִיעִיshevii
seventh
Seventh.
Where else “shevii” appears- is 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
7On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work at all.
8 · This verse (above)
9And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,