Exodus 12:16 — King James Version← Study notes
“And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.”
Exodus 12:16 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 12:1624 words
וּבַיּוֹםûvaywōmAnd in day
הָרִאשׁוֹןhāriʾšwōnThe first
מִקְרָאmiqərāʾCalled
קֹדֶשׁqōdešSacred
וּבַיּוֹםûvaywōmAnd in day
הַשְּׁבִיעִיhašəvîʿîThe seventh
מִקְרָאmiqərāʾCalled
קֹדֶשׁqōdešSacred
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
כָּלkālWhole
מְלָאכָהməlāʾḵāhDeputyship
לֹאlōʾNot
יֵעָשֶׂהyēʿāśehDo
בָהֶםvāhemIn
אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יֵאָכֵלyēʾāḵēlEat
לְכָלləḵālTo whole
נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul
הוּאhûʾHe
לְבַדּוֹləvadwōTo separation
יֵעָשֶׂהyēʿāśehDo
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
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