Hebrew Interlinear

Exodus 31:17 Interlinear

between me and the children of Israel It is a sign for ever for in six day made the LORD heaven and earth day and on the seventh he rested and was refreshed

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1בֵּינִ֗יH996between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
2וּבֵין֙H996between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
3בְּנֵ֣יH1121between me and the childrena son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
4יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
5א֥וֹתH226It is a signa signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc
6הִ֖ואH1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
7לְעֹלָ֑םH5769for everproperly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
8כִּיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
9שֵׁ֣שֶׁתH8337for in sixsix (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
10וּבַיּוֹם֙H3117daya day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
11עָשָׂ֤הH6213madeto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
12יְהוָה֙H3068the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
13אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
14הַשָּׁמַ֣יִםH8064heaventhe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
15וְאֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
16הָאָ֔רֶץH776and earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
17וּבַיּוֹם֙H3117daya day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
18הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יH7637and on the seventhseventh
19שָׁבַ֖תH7673he restedto repose, i.e., desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
20וַיִּנָּפַֽשׁ׃H5314and was refreshedto breathe; passively, to be breathed upon , i.e., (figuratively) refreshed (as if by a current of air)

Verse Context

Exodus 31:16shall keep Wherefore the children of Israel the sabbath to observe...
Exodus 31:17 (current) between me and the children of Israel It is a sign for ever for in six day made the LORD heaven and earth day and on the seventh he rested and was refreshed
Exodus 31:18And he gave unto Moses when he had made an end of communing ...

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