Exodus 12:16
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.”
נֶפֶשׁ
Life, soul, living being. Nephesh. The animating breath God places in every living creature. In animals it is the life force. In humanity it is the seat of emotion, will and identity. Every nephesh belongs to God — from the creatures in the sea to the deepest cry of the human heart.
הָיָה
it will be
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הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
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עָשָׂה
it will be done
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עָשָׂה
To do, to make, to accomplish. Asah. God looked at everything He had made and called it very good. Your life is also His asah. He is still working on it.
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מְלָאכָה
work
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מְלָאכָה
properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
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קֹדֶשׁ
holiness
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קֹדֶשׁ
Holiness, sacredness. Qodesh. That which belongs to God. Holy holy holy is the LORD of hosts. His holiness fills the whole earth.
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מִקְרָא
a convocation of
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מִקְרָא
something called out, i.e. a public meeting (the act, the persons, or the place); also a rehearsal
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כֹּל
any
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כֹּל
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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