What Does Leviticus 23:24 Mean in the King James?
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Here remembrance takes audible, communal form: a trumpet blast marks a day set apart for rest and gathering.
THE MEANING
This day interrupts ordinary time with rest, then makes remembrance audible through the trumpet and shared through assembly. For you now, remembrance here is not only an inward thought; it takes a public form that gathers people around what is remembered.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The verse undoes the idea that remembrance is only private recollection: here it is sounded aloud and shared in assembly.
THE ROOT
זִכְרוֹן
zikkaron
GROWS FROM
זכר
Remember; hold something in active recollection or mention.
“memorial” in this verse is zikkaron. The root also forms the verb “remember” and the noun “remembrance.” Paired with the trumpet blast, remembrance becomes something heard and shared, not only held inwardly.
ALSO GROWS
zakar: Remember
זָכַר
The related verb makes the memorial an active act of remembering.
zeker: Remembrance, mention
זֵכֶר
This branch connects memory with what is brought to mind or spoken of.
תְּרוּעָה
teruʿah
GROWS FROM
רוע
Raise a shout or cry aloud.
“blowing of trumpets” in this verse is teruʿah. The word carries the sense of a raised cry as well as a trumpet signal. It gives remembrance a sound that can mark a day and gather a people.
ALSO GROWS
hariʿu: Make a joyful shout
הָרִיעוּ
This verbal form shows the root can describe a public cry, not only a trumpet sound.
ruaʿ: Shout, raise a cry
רוּעַ
The underlying action is a voiced signal that makes the occasion audible.
שַׁבָּתוֹן
shabbaton
GROWS FROM
שבת
Cease or stop.
The root of Sabbath carries cessation: the day is set apart through a stopping of ordinary work. Rest and remembrance arrive together, shaping the day by what ceases and what is called to mind.
ALSO GROWS
shavat: Cease, stop
שָׁבַת
This verb exposes the movement inside Sabbath: ordinary activity comes to a halt.
shabbat: Sabbath, day of cessation
שַׁבָּת
The related noun names the recurring day marked by that stopping.
THE PATTERN
A set-apart time makes remembrance communal through a shared sound or sign.
And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.THE THREAD
I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.Leviticus gives remembrance a communal sound; this verse uses the same זכר root in the verb “remember.” The shared root joins the public blast to active recollection.
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