The Sabbath greeting — a wish for rest that makes whole
also written: shabbat shalom, shabat shalom
In Scripture
World English Bible
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exodus 20:8The later greeting combines shalom with the Sabbath commanded here; the full phrase does not occur in this verse.
“‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no kind of work. It is a Sabbath to Yahweh in all your dwellings.
Leviticus 23:3Shabbat is a holy rest in every dwelling, the day over which the greeting speaks peace.
“If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy of Yahweh honorable; and shall honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words:
Isaiah 58:13The prophet frames Sabbath as delight and honor, enriching the greeting’s wish for wholeness.
He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
Mark 2:27Yeshua restores Sabbath to its gift-shaped purpose for humanity.
The Sabbath greeting — a wish for rest that makes whole
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exodus 20:8
“‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no kind of work. It is a Sabbath to Yahweh in all your dwellings.
