# shabbat (שַׁבָּת)

pronounced: sha-BAT


**To stop, to sit — the seventh-day rest**

## In Scripture

> On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done. God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.
> — Genesis 2:2-3 (The first rest — God stops, blesses the day, and sets it apart)

> “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. You shall labor six days, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;
> — Exodus 20:8-10 (The fourth commandment — Shabbat written into the Ten Words)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


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