Exodus 20:11 — King James Version← Study notes

“For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.”

Exodus 20:11 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 20:1126 words

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

שֵׁשֶׁתšēšetSix

יָמִיםyāmîmDay

עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾet—

הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

אֶתʾet—

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

וְאֶתwəʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בָּםbāmIn

וַיָּנַחwayānaḥAnd rest

בַּיּוֹםbaywōmIn day

הַשְּׁבִיעִיhašəvîʿîThe seventh

עַלʿalAbove

כֵּןkēnSet upright

בֵּרַךְbēraḵəKneel

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾet—

יוֹםywōmDay

הַשַּׁבָּתhašabātThe intermission

וַיְקַדְּשֵׁהוּwayəqadəšēhûAnd be

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

שֵׁשֶׁתšēšetSix

יָמִיםyāmîmDay

עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בָּםbāmIn

וַיָּנַחwayānaḥAnd rest

בַּיּוֹםbaywōmIn day

הַשְּׁבִיעִיhašəvîʿîThe seventh

עַלʿalAbove

כֵּןkēnSet upright

בֵּרַךְbēraḵəKneel

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יוֹםywōmDay

הַשַּׁבָּתhašabātThe intermission

וַיְקַדְּשֵׁהוּwayəqadəšēhûAnd be

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