The Meaning of Numbers 29:7 Explained

Numbers 29:7

KJV: And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:

YLT: 'And on the tenth of this seventh month a holy convocation ye have, and ye have humbled your souls; ye do no work;

Darby: And on the tenth of this seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls; no manner of work shall ye do.

ASV: And on the tenth day of this seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall do no manner of work;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And ye shall have on the tenth  [day] of this seventh  month  an holy  convocation;  and ye shall afflict  your souls:  ye shall not do  any work  [therein]: 

What does Numbers 29:7 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 29:7 mean?

And On the tenth [day] of month seventh this a convocation holy shall have you and You shall afflict - your souls any work not you shall do
וּבֶעָשׂוֹר֩ לַחֹ֨דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜י הַזֶּ֗ה מִֽקְרָא־ קֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֔ם וְעִנִּיתֶ֖ם אֶת־ נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑ם כָּל־ מְלָאכָ֖ה לֹ֥א תַעֲשֽׂוּ

וּבֶעָשׂוֹר֩  And  On  the  tenth 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עָשֹׂור  
Sense: ten, decade.
לַחֹ֨דֶשׁ  [day]  of  month 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜י  seventh 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: שְׁבִיעִי  
Sense: seventh.
הַזֶּ֗ה  this 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
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.
וְעִנִּיתֶ֖ם  and  You  shall  afflict 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: עָנָה 
Sense: (Qal) to be occupied, be busied with.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑ם  your  souls 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
כָּל־  any 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
מְלָאכָ֖ה  work 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: מְלָאכָה  
Sense: occupation, work, business.
תַעֲשֽׂוּ  you  shall  do 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.