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title: שַׁבָּתוֹן — sabbath observance · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׁבָּתוֹן (7677), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: sabbath observance. BDB 1906: n.m. sabbath observance, sabbatism. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׁבָּתוֹן

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«שַׁבָּתוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sabbath observance** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 11 times · **Key:** 7677 · **BDB:** שַׁבָּתוֹן

### Glosses

of.sabbath.observance (7); a.sabbath.observance (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sabbath observance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7677/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. sabbath observance, sabbatism [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7677/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. sabbath observance, sabbatism;—שׁ׳ Ex 16:23 + 10 times P; usually phrase שַׁבַּת שַׁבָּתוֹן sabbath of sabbatic observance;— of weekly sabbath Ex 31:15; 35:2; Lv 23:3; Ex 16:23 (שַׁבָּתוֹן שַׁבַּת קֹדֶשׁ, prob. transp.). day of atonement Lv 16:31; 23:32. sabbatical year Lv 25:4, cf. שְׁנַת שַׁבָּתוֹן v 5. שׁ׳ alone of feast of trumpets Lv 23:24, and of first and eighth days of feast of tabernacles v 39, 39.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׁבָּתוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7677/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 16:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.16.31/)

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שַׁבַּ֨ת שַׁבָּת֥וֹן הִיא֙ לָכֶ֔ם וְעִנִּיתֶ֖ם אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑ם חֻקַּ֖ת עוֹלָֽם׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.sabbath of.sabbath.observance it to you and you.will.afflict (et) selves your a.statute of.perpetuity

*JPS 1917:* It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever.

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[Leviticus 25:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.25.5/)

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אֵ֣ת סְפִ֤יחַ קְצִֽירְךָ֙ לֹ֣א תִקְצ֔וֹר וְאֶת־עִנְּבֵ֥י נְזִירֶ֖ךָ לֹ֣א תִבְצֹ֑ר שְׁנַ֥ת שַׁבָּת֖וֹן יִהְיֶ֥ה לָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* (et) the.self-sown.grain your.harvest your not you.will.harvest and (et) the.grapes your.untrimmed.vine your not you.will.gather.grapes a.year of.sabbath.observance it.will.belong to the land

*JPS 1917:* That which groweth of itself of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of thy undressed vine thou shalt not gather; it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.

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