Exodus 23:12
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Sixשֵׁ֤שֶׁת
(she·shet)
8337a: six (a card. number)from an unused word
daysיָמִים֙
(ya·mim)
3117: daya prim. root
you are to doתַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה
(ta·'a·seh)
6213a: do, makea prim. root
your work,מַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָ
(ma·'a·sei·cha,)
4639: a deed, workfrom asah
but on the seventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י
(ha·she·vi·'i)
7637: seventh (an ord. number)from sheba
dayוּבַיֹּ֥ום
(u·vai·yo·vm)
3117: daya prim. root
you shall ceaseתִּשְׁבֹּ֑ת
(tish·bot;)
7673a: to cease, desist, resta prim. root
[from labor] soלְמַ֣עַן
(le·ma·'an)
4616: purpose, intentfrom anah
that your oxשֹֽׁורְךָ֙
(sho·vr·cha)
7794: a head of cattle (bullock, ox, etc.)from an unused word
and your donkeyוַחֲמֹרֶ֔ךָ
(va·cha·mo·re·cha,)
2543: a male assfrom chamar
may rest,יָנ֗וּחַ
(ya·nu·ach)
5117: to resta prim. root
and the sonבֶּן־
(ben-)
1121: sona prim. root
of your female slave,אֲמָתְךָ֖
(a·ma·te·cha)
519: a maid, handmaidof uncertain derivation
as well as your stranger,וְהַגֵּֽר׃
(ve·hag·ger.)
1616: a sojournerfrom gur
may refreshוְיִנָּפֵ֥שׁ
(ve·yin·na·fesh)
5314: to be refresheddenominative verb from nephesh
themselves. 
 
  


















KJV Lexicon
Six
shesh  (shaysh)
six (as an overplus (see 7797) beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth -- six(-teen, -teenth), sixth.
days
yowm  (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
thou shalt do
`asah  (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
thy work
ma`aseh  (mah-as-eh')
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
and on the seventh
shbiy`iy  (sheb-ee-ee')
seventh -- seventh (time).
day
yowm  (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
thou shalt rest
shabath  (shaw-bath')
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
that thine ox
showr  (shore)
a bullock (as a traveller) -- bull(-ock), cow, ox
and thine ass
chamowr  (kham-ore')
a male ass (from its dun red) -- (he)ass.
may rest
nuwach  (noo'-akh)
to rest, i.e. settle down; used in a great variety of applications
and the son
ben  (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
of thy handmaid
'amah  (aw-maw')
a maid-servant or female slave -- (hand-)bondmaid(-woman), maid(-servant).
and the stranger
ger  (gare)
a guest; by implication, a foreigner -- alien, sojourner, stranger.
may be refreshed
naphash  (naw-fash')
to breathe; passively, to be breathed upon, i.e. (figuratively) refreshed (as if by a current of air) -- (be) refresh selves (-ed).
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you shall cease from labor so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female slave, as well as your stranger, may refresh themselves.

King James Bible
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Do your work for six days but rest on the seventh day so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female slave as well as the foreign resident may be refreshed."

International Standard Version
You are to do your work for six days, but on the seventh day you are to refrain from work so that your ox and donkey may rest, and so the son of your maidservant and the alien may be refreshed.

NET Bible
For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, in order that your ox and your donkey may rest and that your female servant's son and any hired help may refresh themselves.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"For six days you will do your work, but on the seventh day you must not work. Then your ox and donkey can rest. The slaves born in your household and foreigners will also be refreshed.

King James 2000 Bible
Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest: that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
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