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    The document discusses the meaning of the Hebrew word "shabbat" which refers to the seventh day of rest in the biblical book of Exodus. It explains that shabbat is derived from the root verb "shavat" meaning "to cease or stop," referring to God ceasing his work of creation on the seventh day. The sabbath thus represents a time of ceasing from work and business. The document traces the pictographic roots of related Hebrew words to suggest that on the sabbath, Israel returns to their covenant with God, represented by the letter tav meaning "mark" or "sign." The sabbath is described as a perpetual covenant between God and Israel to remember God's creation over

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    The document discusses the meaning of the Hebrew word "shabbat" which refers to the seventh day of rest in the biblical book of Exodus. It explains that shabbat is derived from the root verb "shavat" meaning "to cease or stop," referring to God ceasing his work of creation on the seventh day. The sabbath thus represents a time of ceasing from work and business. The document traces the pictographic roots of related Hebrew words to suggest that on the sabbath, Israel returns to their covenant with God, represented by the letter tav meaning "mark" or "sign." The sabbath is described as a perpetual covenant between God and Israel to remember God's creation over

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    On the seventh day, Israel “returns (SHUV) to the covenant ( t).

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    The document discusses the meaning of the Hebrew word "shabbat" which refers to the seventh day of rest in the biblical book of Exodus. It explains that shabbat is derived from the root verb "shavat" meaning "to cease or stop," referring to God ceasing his work of creation on the seventh day. The sabbath thus represents a time of ceasing from work and business. The document traces the pictographic roots of related Hebrew words to suggest that on the sabbath, Israel returns to their covenant with God, represented by the letter tav meaning "mark" or "sign." The sabbath is described as a perpetual covenant between God and Israel to remember God's creation over

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    The Living Words

    http://thelivingwords.ancient-hebrew.org

    ~~ Sabbath ~~
    Six days you will serve (avad) and do all your
    business (melakah).

    Exodus 20:9

    In this verse are the two words we have just reviewed, dbe avad
    [H:5647]
    , meaning serve, and hkalm melakhah [H:4399], meaning
    business. Just as God did his business in six days, he directs
    Israel to do the same.

    But the seventh day is the shabbat of Yahweh your


    Elohiym, you will not do any business...

    Exodus 20:10

    The word tbs shabbat [H:7676] is always transliterated as


    sabbath and most assume it is simply a name for the day of the

    the verb tbs shavat [H:7673] meaning to cease or stop. The noun
    week and are unaware this word has a meaning. It is derived from

    shabbat is a time of ceasing and, as stated in the above verse, the


    seventh day is a time for ceasing business. This verse also states
    it is the shabbat of Yahweh Elohiym in reference to Genesis
    2:2.

    And Elohiym finished his business which he did on


    the seventh day and he ceased (shavat) in the
    seventh day from all his business which he did.

    The word ceased in this passage is the verb shavat, the root of
    the word shabbat.
    We previously studied the Hebrew verb bws shuv [H:7725],
    meaning to turn. The parent root to this word is bs shav and
    would have been written as bs in the ancient pictographic
    script. The s, a picture of teeth1, represents the idea of pressing
    as when pressing on food with the teeth when chewing. The b is,
    as we have previously examined, a picture of the nomadic tent.

    return. This parent root is also the root of the word tbs
    When combined, these mean to press to the tent/house or

    shabbat [H:7676] with the letter t. This letter is written as t in the


    pictographic script and represents a sign or mark2 as well as a
    covenant.

    Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the


    sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their
    generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign
    between me and the children of Israel for ever: for
    in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, and
    on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

    Exodus 31:16,17 (ASV)

    On the seventh day, Israel returns (bs) to the covenant (t).

    1
    The name of the letter s is shin and is derived from the word Ns sheyn
    [H:8127]
    meaning tooth.
    2
    The name of the letter t is tav and is derived from the word wt tav [H:8420]

    meaning mark.

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