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Exodus 23:12 — King James Version← Study notes

Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.


Exodus 23:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 23:1215 words
שֵׁשֶׁתšēšetSix
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo
מַעֲשֶׂיךָmaʿăśeyḵāAction
וּבַיּוֹםûvaywōmAnd in day
הַשְּׁבִיעִיhašəvîʿîThe seventh
תִּשְׁבֹּתtišəbōtRepose
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
יָנוּחַyānûḥaRest
שׁוֹרְךָšwōrəḵāBullock
וַחֲמֹרֶךָwaḥămōreḵāAnd ass
וְיִנָּפֵשׁwəyināp̄ēšAnd breathe
בֶּןbenSon
אֲמָתְךָʾămātəḵāMaid-servant
וְהַגֵּרwəhagērAnd the guest
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

שֵׁשֶׁתšēšetSix
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo
מַעֲשֶׂיךָmaʿăśeyḵāAction
וּבַיּוֹםûvaywōmAnd in day
הַשְּׁבִיעִיhašəvîʿîThe seventh
תִּשְׁבֹּתtišəbōtRepose
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
יָנוּחַyānûḥaRest
שׁוֹרְךָšwōrəḵāBullock
וַחֲמֹרֶךָwaḥămōreḵāAnd ass
וְיִנָּפֵשׁwəyināp̄ēšAnd breathe
בֶּןbenSon
אֲמָתְךָʾămātəḵāMaid-servant
וְהַגֵּרwəhagērAnd the guest

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