Exodus 23:12
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Berean Study Bible
For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.

Young's Literal Translation
‘Six days thou dost do thy work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest, so that thine ox and thine ass doth rest, and the son of thine handmaid and the sojourner is refreshed;

King James Bible
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

Hebrew
For six
שֵׁ֤שֶׁת (šê·šeṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8337: Six (a cardinal number)

days
יָמִים֙ (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3117: A day

you are to do
תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה (ta·‘ă·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

your work,
מַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָ (ma·‘ă·śe·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property

but on the seventh
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י (haš·šə·ḇî·‘î)
Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular
Strong's 7637: Seventh (an ordinal number)

day
וּבַיּ֥וֹם (ū·ḇay·yō·wm)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

you must cease,
תִּשְׁבֹּ֑ת (tiš·bōṯ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7673: To repose, desist from exertion

so that
לְמַ֣עַן (lə·ma·‘an)
Conjunction
Strong's 4616: Purpose -- intent

your ox
שֽׁוֹרְךָ֙ (šō·wr·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 7794: A head of cattle (bullock, ox, etcetera)

and your donkey
וַחֲמֹרֶ֔ךָ (wa·ḥă·mō·re·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 2543: A male ass

may rest,
יָנ֗וּחַ (yā·nū·aḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5117: To rest, settle down

and the son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of your maidservant
אֲמָתְךָ֖ (’ă·mā·ṯə·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 519: A maidservant, female slave

may be refreshed,
וְיִנָּפֵ֥שׁ (wə·yin·nā·p̄êš)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5314: To breathe, refreshed

as well as the foreign resident.
וְהַגֵּֽר׃ (wə·hag·gêr)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1616: A guest, a foreigner

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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