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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
שֵׁשֶׁתšēšetSix
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
יֵעָשֶׂהyēʿāśehDo
מְלָאכָהməlāʾḵāhDeputyship
וּבַיּוֹםûvaywōmAnd in day
הַשְּׁבִיעִיhašəvîʿîThe seventh
שַׁבַּתšabatIntermission
שַׁבָּתוֹןšabātwōnSabbatism
קֹדֶשׁqōdešSacred
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
כָּלkālWhole
הָעֹשֶׂהhāʿōśehThe do
מְלָאכָהməlāʾḵāhDeputyship
בְּיוֹםbəywōmIn day
הַשַּׁבָּתhašabātThe intermission
מוֹתmwōtDie
יוּמָתyûmātDie
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

שֵׁשֶׁתšēšetSix
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
יֵעָשֶׂהyēʿāśehDo
מְלָאכָהməlāʾḵāhDeputyship
וּבַיּוֹםûvaywōmAnd in day
הַשְּׁבִיעִיhašəvîʿîThe seventh
שַׁבַּתšabatIntermission
שַׁבָּתוֹןšabātwōnSabbatism
קֹדֶשׁqōdešSacred
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
כָּלkālWhole
הָעֹשֶׂהhāʿōśehThe do
מְלָאכָהməlāʾḵāhDeputyship
בְּיוֹםbəywōmIn day
הַשַּׁבָּתhašabātThe intermission
מוֹתmwōtDie
יוּמָתyûmātDie

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