Festivals and Sabbaths

[itiswritten]

The weekly Sabbath usually is from the word "Shabbat." What distinction, if any is there between the weekly Sabbath and certain festivals? Yom Kippur is described as a "Shabbat." However, usually the other festivals are described as "Shabbatown." Shabbat is the root word for Shabbatown. In what ways if any are there distinctions or differences between the weekly Sabbath and these other days referred to as "Shabbatown?"

[pioneer]

Where do these shabbatown show up? Is this when you read in Hebrew?
Hebrew is a struggle for me, after much deciphering do I figure out what is said.
Clue me in, please.

[itiswritten]

Mar 3, 2011 0:05:02 GMT -5 pioneer said:

Where do these shabbatown show up? Is this when you read in Hebrew?
Hebrew is a struggle for me, after much deciphering do I figure out what is said.
Clue me in, please.

Here's a link that I think you will really like.

interlinearbible.org/genesis/1.htm

Here's a link with a Stong's search:

www.blueletterbible.org/search.cfm#strongs

Surprisingly, the first time the word "Shabbat" (Sabbath) appears is in Ex 16.

Ex 16:23 And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

When referring to the seventh day weekly Sabbath the term "shabbat" is used often. In terms of the festivals (chaggim/moedim/appointed times), the Torah only uses the term Shabbat in referring to Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement).

In Lev 23 in referring to Yom Teruah/Rosh Hashanna/Feast of Trumpets, most versions use the word "sabbath." The Hebrew word used here is not "shabbat" though, but "shabbatown."

Lev 23:24-25 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath,(Shabbatown) a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. 25 Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

Again when Lev 23 refers to Sukkot/tabernacles, the term that is translated "sabbath" in English is the Hebrew word "shabbatown."

Lev 23:39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath/shabbatown, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath/shabbatown.KJV

Although rarely, shabbatown is used in referring to the seventh day sabbath/shabbat and is translated as "rest" here.

Lev 23:3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest/shabbatown, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.

Lev 23:3 actually refers to it this way:

(Six) (days) (shall be done) work (but day) (the seventh) (sabbath/shabbat) (rest/shabbatown) (convocation/mikra) (holy/kodesh)

Strong's definition
OT:7677
shabbathown (shab-baw-thone'); from OT:7676; a sabbatism or special holiday: KJV - rest, sabbath.

Shabbatown: Strong's number OT:7677 is from the root word 7676 Shabbat.

OT:7676
shabbath (shab-bawth'); intensive from OT:7673; intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath:
KJV - (+every) sabbath.

I hope this helps a little. I probably wasn't being very clear. I was curious what if any distinctions there are between a "shabbat" and a "shabbatown."

[pioneer]

Wow! Most of us took the seventh day of Genesis 2 as a sabbath. Was, but not the same?

Too new for a comment from me.

Maybe you can elaborate on the subject. I have read the commentary(many times) on G.2 and commentators say sabbath, no mention of a different word.

Shalom

[itiswritten]

Yes, I believe that Sabbath appears in Gen 2 eventhough it does not use the word Sabbath/Shabbat there. Later on the scriptures refer back to Gen 2 and the Sabbath such as in Exodus 20 with the Ten Commandments.

Many of the festivals, for example the first day and seventh day of Unleavened Bread or the first day and eighth day at Sukkot, are distinct. From what I remember, most translations that I've seen render this kind of day as "sabbath" in the English. The scriptures do tell us that work is not to be done on these days. From what I can tell, these kinds of festival days are virtually indistinguishable from the weekly Sabbath in what is disallowed.

Yet, since the Torah uses the term "shabbatown" instead of "Shabbat"most of the time for festival days (Except Yom Kippur) cannot be without reason. That is the kind of thing that I was wondering about: What makes certain days such as the 1st and 7th of Unleavened Bread distinct from the weekly Sabbath? Maybe I'm putting too much thought into this, but I was just curious.

thanks,
Keith

[itiswritten]

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