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Exodus 20:10 — King James Version← Study notes

But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:


Exodus 20:10Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 20:1018 words
וְיוֹםwəywōmAnd day
הַשְּׁבִיעִיhašəvîʿîThe seventh
שַׁבָּתšabātIntermission
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
לֹאlōʾNot
תַעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo
כָלḵālWhole
מְלָאכָהməlāʾḵāhDeputyship
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
וּבִנְךָûvinəḵāAnd son
וּבִתֶּךָûviteḵāAnd daughter
עַבְדְּךָʿavədəḵāServant
וַאֲמָתְךָwaʾămātəḵāAnd maid-servant
וּבְהֶמְתֶּךָûvəheməteḵāAnd dumb
וְגֵרְךָwəgērəḵāAnd guest
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָbišəʿāreyḵāIn opening
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְיוֹםwəywōmAnd day
הַשְּׁבִיעִיhašəvîʿîThe seventh
שַׁבָּתšabātIntermission
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
לֹאlōʾNot
תַעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo
כָלḵālWhole
מְלָאכָהməlāʾḵāhDeputyship
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
וּבִנְךָûvinəḵāAnd son
וּבִתֶּךָûviteḵāAnd daughter
עַבְדְּךָʿavədəḵāServant
וַאֲמָתְךָwaʾămātəḵāAnd maid-servant
וּבְהֶמְתֶּךָûvəheməteḵāAnd dumb
וְגֵרְךָwəgērəḵāAnd guest
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָbišəʿāreyḵāIn opening

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