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And on the tenth dayוּבֶעָשׂוֹרof this seventh monthלַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי הַזֶּהyou shall haveיִהְיֶה לָכֶםa holyקֹדֶשׁconvocation,מִקְרָאand you shall afflictוְעִנִּיתֶםyour souls;נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶםyou shall not doלֹא תַעֲשׂוּanyכָּלwork.מְלָאכָה
Numbers 29:7
Study it in the app“And on the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation, and you shall afflict your souls; you shall not do any work.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 29:7, word by word
- And on the tenth dayעָשׂוֹרasor
ten
The number ten, used to count the days of the month and everyday things.
Where else “asor” appears- of this seventh monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- of this 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- and you shall afflictעִנִּיתֶםinitem
humble
To humble, or humble oneself; to fast.
Where else “initem” appears- your soulsנַפְשֹׁתֵיnafshote
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshote” 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- workמְלָאכָהmelacha
work
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melacha” appears
Translation note
It is the Day of Expiation (Leviticus 16; 23:27).
The context
6besides the burnt offering of the month and its grain offering, and the continual burnt offering and its grain offering, and their libations, according to their rule, for a pleasing aroma, a fire offering to YHWH.
7 · This verse (above)
8You shall present a burnt offering to YHWH, a pleasing aroma: one young bull, one ram, seven lambs a year old; they shall be without defect for you;