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Exodus 31:15 — King James Version← Study notes

Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.


Exodus 31:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 31:1517 words
HebrewMeaning
שֵׁ֣שֶׁתšēšet
sixadjH8337
-teenth) · sixth
יָמִים֮yāmiym
daysnounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
יֵעָשֶׂ֣הyēʿāśeh
it will be doneverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
מְלָאכָה֒məlāʾkāh
worknounH4399
cattle · industrious · occupation · officer ···
וּ/בַ/יּ֣וֹםwbaywōm
and will be on the dayconjH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
הַ/שְּׁבִיעִ֗יhašəbiyʿiy
seventhparticleH7637
שַׁבַּ֧תšabat
a sabbath ofnounH7676
שַׁבָּת֛וֹןšabātwōn
sabbath observancenounH7677
sabbath
קֹ֖דֶשׁqōdeš
a holy thingnounH6944
dedicated · hallowed · holiness · holy ( day ···
לַ/יהוָ֑הlayhwāh
to YahwehpronH3068
the Lord. Compare
כָּלkāl
everynounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הָ/עֹשֶׂ֧הhāʿōśeh
one who doesparticleH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
מְלָאכָ֛הməlāʾkāh
worknounH4399
cattle · industrious · occupation · officer ···
בְּ/י֥וֹםbəywōm
on the day ofpronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
הַ/שַּׁבָּ֖תhašabāt
the sabbathparticleH7676
מ֥וֹתmwōt
certainlyverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
יוּמָֽתywmāt
he will be put to deathverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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