The Meaning of Numbers 29:1 Explained

Numbers 29:1

KJV: And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.

YLT: 'And in the seventh month, in the first of the month, a holy convocation ye have, ye do no servile work; a day of shouting it is to you;

Darby: And in the seventh month, on the first of the month, ye shall have a holy convocation: no manner of servile work shall ye do; a day of blowing the trumpets shall it be unto you.

ASV: And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing of trumpets unto you.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And in the seventh  month,  on the first  [day] of the month,  ye shall have an holy  convocation;  ye shall do  no servile  work:  it is a day  of blowing  the trumpets unto you. 

What does Numbers 29:1 Mean?

Study Notes

seventh month
i.e. October; also Numbers 29:7 ; Numbers 29:12 .

Chapter Summary: Numbers 29

1  The offering at the feast of trumpets
7  At the day of afflicting their souls
12  And on the eight days of the feast of tabernacles

What do the individual words in Numbers 29:1 mean?

And in the month seventh on the first [day] of the month a convocation holy shall have you all work Customary no You shall do a day of blowing the trumpets it is for you
וּבַחֹ֨דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜י בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֗דֶשׁ מִֽקְרָא־ קֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֔ם כָּל־ מְלֶ֥אכֶת עֲבֹדָ֖ה לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֑וּ י֥וֹם תְּרוּעָ֖ה יִהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶֽם

וּבַחֹ֨דֶשׁ  And  in  the  month 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜י  seventh 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: שְׁבִיעִי  
Sense: seventh.
בְּאֶחָ֣ד  on  the  first  [day] 
Parse: Preposition-b, Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
לַחֹ֗דֶשׁ  of  the  month 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
מִֽקְרָא־  a  convocation 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִקְרָא  
Sense: convocation, convoking, reading, a calling together.
קֹ֙דֶשׁ֙  holy 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
יִהְיֶ֣ה  shall  have 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
מְלֶ֥אכֶת  work 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מְלָאכָה  
Sense: occupation, work, business.
עֲבֹדָ֖ה  Customary 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֲבֹדָה  
Sense: labour, service.
לֹ֣א  no 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
תַעֲשׂ֑וּ  You  shall  do 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
י֥וֹם  a  day 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
תְּרוּעָ֖ה  of  blowing  the  trumpets 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תְּרוּעָה  
Sense: alarm, signal, sound of tempest, shout, shout or blast of war or alarm or j oy.
יִהְיֶ֥ה  it  is 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לָכֶֽם  for  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural