Numbers 29:1

“And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work. It shall be a day of acclamation for you.”

Numbers 29:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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And 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 first dayאֶחָדechad

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 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 not doתַעֲשׂוּtaasu

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “taasu” appears
laborious workמְלֶאכֶתmelechet

work

The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.

Where else “melechet” appears
laborious workעֲבֹדָהavoda

labor

The task someone does with his hands, above all work in the field.

Where else “avoda” appears
a dayיוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yom” appears
of acclamationתְּרוּעָהterua

acclamation

A glad outcry, or a festive trumpet blast.

Where else “terua” appears

Translation note

The “acclamation” is the shout or the loud blast of the horn with which this day was announced (Leviticus 23:24).

The context

1 · This verse (above)

2You shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasing aroma to YHWH: one young bull, one ram, seven lambs a year old, without defect;

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