לָכֶם֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לָכֶם֙

   la-KHEM

   for you
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 יִהְיֶ֤ה לָכֶם֙

   yih-YE la-KHEM

   there shall be for you
3. clause🔊 בַּחֹ֨דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜י בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֗דֶשׁ יִהְיֶ֤ה לָכֶם֙ שַׁבָּת֔וֹן זִכְר֥וֹן תְּרוּעָ֖ה מִקְרָא־קֹֽדֶשׁ׃

   ba-KHO-desh hah-she-vee-EE be-e-KHAD la-KHO-desh yih-YE la-KHEM sha-ba-TON zikh-RON teh-roo-AH mik-ra-KOH-desh

   on the first of the month in the month the seventh there shall be for you sabbath-rest memorial blast holy convocation
4. sentence🔊 דַּבֵּ֛ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר בַּחֹ֨דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜י בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֗דֶשׁ יִהְיֶ֤ה לָכֶם֙ שַׁבָּת֔וֹן זִכְר֥וֹן תְּרוּעָ֖ה מִקְרָא־קֹֽדֶשׁ׃

   da-BER el-be-NEE yis-ra-EL leh-MOR ba-KHO-desh hah-she-vee-EE be-e-KHAD la-KHO-desh yih-YE la-KHEM sha-ba-TON zikh-RON teh-roo-AH mik-ra-KOH-desh

   speak to the sons of Israel saying on the first of the month in the month the seventh there shall be for you sabbath-rest memorial blast holy convocation

Exegesis

The impersonal clause yihyēh lakhem {יִהְיֶ֤ה לָכֶם֙ | yihyēh lakhem} ‘there shall be for you’ introduces the ritual elements šabbāṭōn {שַׁבָּת֔וֹן | šabbāṭōn} ‘sabbath observance’, ziḵrōn tərûʿā {זִכְר֥וֹן תְּרוּעָ֖ה | ziḵrōn tərûʿā} ‘memorial of trumpet blast’, and miqrāʾ-qōdeš {מִקְרָא־קֹֽדֶשׁ | miqrāʾ-qōdeš} ‘holy convocation’. This triadic parallelism links rest, remembrance, and communal gathering, reflecting Hebrew asyndeton and reinforcing the theological significance of set-apart time.