The Meaning of Numbers 29:12 Explained

Numbers 29:12

KJV: And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days:

YLT: 'And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month a holy convocation ye have; ye do no servile work; and ye have celebrated a festival to Jehovah seven days,

Darby: And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation: no manner of servile work shall ye do; and ye shall celebrate a feast to Jehovah seven days;

ASV: And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto Jehovah seven days:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And on the fifteenth  day  of the seventh  month  ye shall have an holy  convocation;  ye shall do  no servile  work,  and ye shall keep  a feast  unto the LORD  seven  days: 

What does Numbers 29:12 Mean?

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 29:12 mean?

And the five [and] ten On day of the month seventh a convocation holy shall have you all work customary no You shall do and you shall keep a feast to Yahweh seven days
וּבַחֲמִשָּׁה֩ עָשָׂ֨ר י֜וֹם לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י מִֽקְרָא־ קֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֔ם כָּל־ מְלֶ֥אכֶת עֲבֹדָ֖ה לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֑וּ וְחַגֹּתֶ֥ם חַ֛ג לַיהוָ֖ה שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים

וּבַחֲמִשָּׁה֩  And  the  five 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article, Number, masculine singular
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
עָשָׂ֨ר  [and]  ten 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂר 
Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).
י֜וֹם  On  day 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ  of  the  month 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י  seventh 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: שְׁבִיעִי  
Sense: seventh.
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.
וְחַגֹּתֶ֥ם  and  you  shall  keep 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: חָגַג  
Sense: to hold a feast, hold a festival, make pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim-feast, celebrate, dance, stagger.
חַ֛ג  a  feast 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חַג  
Sense: festival, feast, festival-gathering, pilgrim-feast.
לַיהוָ֖ה  to  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: Jehovah—used primarily in the combination ‘Lord Jehovah’.
שִׁבְעַ֥ת  seven 
Parse: Number, masculine singular construct
Root: שֶׁבַע  
Sense: seven (cardinal number).
יָמִֽים  days 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.