KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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To get what Exodus 31:13 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.”
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Speak” | דַּבֵּ֨ר | Perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue | Speak |
| “thou” | וְאַתָּ֞ה | Thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you | thou |
| “also unto” | אֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | also |
| “the children” | בְּנֵ֤י | 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., (like father or brother), etc.) | children |
| “of Israel,” | יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity | Israel |
| “saying,” | לֵאמֹ֔ר | To say (used with great latitude) | saying |
| “Verily” | אַ֥ךְ | A particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only | Verily |
| “my sabbaths” | שַׁבְּתֹתַ֖י | Intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath | sabbaths |
| “ye shall keep:” | תִּשְׁמֹ֑רוּ | Properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc | keep |
| “for” | כִּי֩ | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | for |
| “it” | הִ֜וא | He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are | it |
| “is” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “a sign” | א֨וֹת | A signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc | sign |
| “between” | בֵּינִ֤י | Between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or | between |
| “me and you throughout your generations;” | לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם | Properly, a revolution of time, i.e., an age or generation; also a dwelling | throughout generations |
| “that may know” | לָדַ֕עַת | To know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) | know |
| “ye” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “that” | כִּ֛י | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | that |
| “I” | אֲנִ֥י | I | I |
| “am” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “the Lord” | יְהוָ֖ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “that doth sanctify” | מְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם׃ | To be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally) | doth sanctify |
| “you.” | מְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם׃ | To be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally) | you |
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11 And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.
12 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.
14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
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