Leviticus 16:31 Go deeper
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It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. (KJV)
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שַׁבַּ֨תsha.Bat[is] a sabbath of
Lemma: שַׁבָּת (shab.bat) · Strong's: H7676
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: Sabbath
Used 111 times. Also: Exodus 16:23, Exodus 16:25, Exodus 16:26, Exodus 16:29, Exodus 20:8, Exodus 20:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7676; TAHOT Leviticus 16:31 word 1
שַׁבָּת֥וֹןsha.ba.Tonsabbath observance
Lemma: שַׁבָּתוֹן (shab.ba.ton) · Strong's: H7677
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: sabbath observance
Used 11 times. Also: Exodus 16:23, Exodus 31:15, Exodus 35:2, Leviticus 23:3, Leviticus 23:24, Leviticus 23:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7677; TAHOT Leviticus 16:31 word 2
הִיא֙hi'it
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Feminine · Singular (HPp3fs)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Leviticus 16:31 word 3
וְעִנִּיתֶ֖םve.'i.ni.Temand you will afflict
Lemma: עָנָה (a.nah) · Strong's: H6031B
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVpq2mp)
Meaning: to afflict
Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 15:13, Genesis 16:6, Genesis 16:9, Genesis 31:50, Genesis 34:2, Exodus 1:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6031B; TAHOT Leviticus 16:31 word 4
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Leviticus 16:31 word 5
נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑םnaf.sho.tei.Khemselves your
Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: soul: myself
Used 129 times. Also: Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:19, Genesis 27:25, Genesis 27:31, Leviticus 7:18, Leviticus 7:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5315I; TAHOT Leviticus 16:31 word 6
חֻקַּ֖תchu.Kata statute of
Lemma: חֻקָּה (chuq.qah) · Strong's: H2708
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: statute
Used 104 times. Also: Genesis 26:5, Exodus 12:14, Exodus 12:17, Exodus 12:43, Exodus 13:10, Exodus 27:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2708; TAHOT Leviticus 16:31 word 7
עוֹלָֽם\׃o.Lamperpetuity
Lemma: עוֹלָם (o.lam) · Strong's: H5769G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: forever: enduring
Used 388 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:16, Genesis 13:15, Genesis 17:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5769G; TAHOT Leviticus 16:31 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| It | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| is a Sabbath | → | שַׁבָּת H7676 Sabbath |
| of complete rest | → | שַׁבָּתוֹן H7677 sabbath observance |
| for you | → | |
| that you may humble | → | עָנָה H6031B to afflict |
| yourselves | → | נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315I soul: myself |
| it is a permanent | → | עוֹלָם H5769G forever: enduring |
| statute | → | חֻקָּה H2708 statute |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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