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Leviticus 16:29 — King James Version← Study notes

And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:


Leviticus 16:29Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 16:2919 words
וְהָיְתָהwəhāyətāhAnd exist
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
לְחֻקַּתləḥuqatTo appointed
עוֹלָםʿwōlāmConcealed
בַּחֹדֶשׁbaḥōdešIn new
הַשְּׁבִיעִיhašəvîʿîThe seventh
בֶּעָשׂוֹרbeʿāśwōrIn ten
לַחֹדֶשׁlaḥōdešTo new
תְּעַנּוּtəʿanûDepress
אֶתʾet
נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶםnap̄əšōtêḵemSoul
וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole
מְלָאכָהməlāʾḵāhDeputyship
לֹאlōʾNot
תַעֲשׂוּtaʿăśûDo
הָאֶזְרָחhāʾezərāḥThe growth
וְהַגֵּרwəhagērAnd the guest
הַגָּרhagārThe turn
בְּתוֹכְכֶםbətwōḵəḵemIn bisection
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהָיְתָהwəhāyətāhAnd exist
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
לְחֻקַּתləḥuqatTo appointed
עוֹלָםʿwōlāmConcealed
בַּחֹדֶשׁbaḥōdešIn new
הַשְּׁבִיעִיhašəvîʿîThe seventh
בֶּעָשׂוֹרbeʿāśwōrIn ten
לַחֹדֶשׁlaḥōdešTo new
תְּעַנּוּtəʿanûDepress
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶםnap̄əšōtêḵemSoul
וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole
מְלָאכָהməlāʾḵāhDeputyship
לֹאlōʾNot
תַעֲשׂוּtaʿăśûDo
הָאֶזְרָחhāʾezərāḥThe growth
וְהַגֵּרwəhagērAnd the guest
הַגָּרhagārThe turn
בְּתוֹכְכֶםbətwōḵəḵemIn bisection

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