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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. (KJV)

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שֵׁ֤שֶׁתShe.shetsix

Lemma: שֵׁשׁ (shesh) · Strong's: H8337

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HAcbsc)

Meaning: six

Used 215 times. Also: Genesis 7:6, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:13, Genesis 16:16, Genesis 30:20, Genesis 31:41 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8337; TAHOT Exodus 23:12 word 1

יָמִים֙ya.Mimdays

Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: day

Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Exodus 23:12 word 2

תַּעֲשֶׂ֣הta.'a.Sehyou will do

Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)

Meaning: to make: do

Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT Exodus 23:12 word 3

מַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָma.'a.Sei.khawork<s> your

Lemma: מַעֲשֶׂה (ma.a.seh) · Strong's: H4639G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: deed: work

Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 5:29, Genesis 40:17, Genesis 46:33, Genesis 47:3, Exodus 5:4, Exodus 5:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4639G; TAHOT Exodus 23:12 word 4

וּבַיּ֥וֹםu.vai.Yomand on the day

Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: day

Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Exodus 23:12 word 5

הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖יha.she.vi.'I<the> seventh

Lemma: שְׁבִיעִי (she.vi.i) · Strong's: H7637

Parsing: Aomsa (Aomsa)

Meaning: seventh

Used 98 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 8:4, Exodus 12:15, Exodus 12:16, Exodus 13:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7637; TAHOT Exodus 23:12 word 6

תִּשְׁבֹּ֑תtish.Botyou will rest

Lemma: שָׁבַת (sha.vat) · Strong's: H7673A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)

Meaning: to cease

Used 69 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 8:22, Exodus 5:5, Exodus 12:15, Exodus 16:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7673A; TAHOT Exodus 23:12 word 7

לְמַ֣עַןle.Ma.'anso that

Lemma: מַ֫עַן (ma.an) · Strong's: H4616

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: because

Used 272 times. Also: Genesis 12:13, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 27:25, Genesis 37:22, Genesis 50:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4616; TAHOT Exodus 23:12 word 8

יָנ֗וּחַya.Nu.achit may rest

Lemma: נוּחַ (nu.ach) · Strong's: H5117

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqj3ms)

Meaning: to rest

Used 142 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 8:4, Genesis 19:16, Genesis 39:16, Genesis 42:33, Exodus 10:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5117; TAHOT Exodus 23:12 word 9

שֽׁוֹרְךָ֙shor.Khaox your

Lemma: שׁוֹר (shor) · Strong's: H7794

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: cattle

Used 79 times. Also: Genesis 32:5, Genesis 49:6, Exodus 20:17, Exodus 21:28, Exodus 21:29, Exodus 21:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7794; TAHOT Exodus 23:12 word 10

וַחֲמֹרֶ֔ךָva.cha.mo.Re.khaand donkey your

Lemma: חֲמוֹר (cha.mor) · Strong's: H2543

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: donkey

Used 96 times. Also: Genesis 12:16, Genesis 22:3, Genesis 22:5, Genesis 24:35, Genesis 30:43, Genesis 32:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2543; TAHOT Exodus 23:12 word 11

וְיִנָּפֵ֥שׁve.yi.na.Feshso he may refresh himself

Lemma: נָפַשׁ (na.phash) · Strong's: H5314

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNu3ms)

Meaning: be refreshed

Used 3 times. Also: Exodus 31:17, 2 Samuel 16:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5314; TAHOT Exodus 23:12 word 12

בֶּן\־ben-[the] child of

Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: son: child

Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Exodus 23:12 word 13

אֲמָתְךָ֖'a.ma.te.Khafemale slave your

Lemma: אָמָה (a.mah) · Strong's: H0519

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: maidservant

Used 56 times. Also: Genesis 20:17, Genesis 21:10, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 21:13, Genesis 30:3, Genesis 31:33 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0519; TAHOT Exodus 23:12 word 14

וְהַגֵּֽר\׃ve.ha.Gerand the sojourner

Lemma: גֵּר (ger) · Strong's: H1616

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: sojourner

Used 92 times. Also: Genesis 15:13, Genesis 23:4, Exodus 2:22, Exodus 12:19, Exodus 12:48, Exodus 12:49 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1616; TAHOT Exodus 23:12 word 15

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

For six	→	שֵׁשׁ H8337 six
days	→	יוֹם H3117G day
you are to do	→	עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do
your work	→	מַעֲשֶׂה H4639G deed: work
but on the seventh	→	שְׁבִיעִי H7637 seventh
day	→	יוֹם H3117G day
you must cease	→	שָׁבַת H7673A to cease
so that	→	מַ֫עַן H4616 because
your ox	→	שׁוֹר H7794 cattle
and your donkey	→	חֲמוֹר H2543 donkey
may rest	→	נוּחַ H5117 to rest
and the son	→	בֵּן H1121A son: child
of your maidservant	→	אָמָה H0519 maidservant
may be refreshed	→	נָפַשׁ H5314 be refreshed
as well as the foreign resident	→	גֵּר H1616 sojourner

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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