Numbers 29:12

“And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work, and you shall celebrate a feast to YHWH seven days.”

Numbers 29:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 29:12, word by word

And on the fifteenthחֲמִשָּׁהchamisha

five

Five.

Where else “chamisha” appears
And on the fifteenthעָשָׂרasar

-teen (ten)

Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".

Where else “asar” appears
dayיוֹםyom

day

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

Where else “yom” appears
of the seventh monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh

month

A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.

Where else “chodesh” appears
of the seventh monthשְּׁבִיעִיshevii

seventh

Seventh.

Where else “shevii” 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

prepare

To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.

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
and you shall celebrateחַגֹּתֶםchagotem

keep a festival

To rejoice before YHWH on a holy day.

Where else “chagotem” appears
a feastחַגchag

festival

Festival in honor of God, with pilgrimage.

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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.

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sevenשִׁבְעַתshivat

seven

Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".

Where else “shivat” appears

Translation note

It is the feast of Booths (Leviticus 23:34).

The context

11one male goat as a sin offering, besides the sin offering of expiation and the continual burnt offering and its grain offering, and their libations.

12 · This verse (above)

13You shall present a burnt offering, a fire offering of pleasing aroma to YHWH: thirteen young bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs a year old; they shall be without defect;

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