11-08-2020, 07:48 AM
I've recited that verse so many times, and I never even considered that it had anything odd in it!
וַיְכַ֤ל אֱלֹהִים֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה וַיִּשְׁבֹּת֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מִכָּל־מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָֽׂה׃
God completed his work that he was doing on the seventh day, and on the seventh day he ceased from all the work that he was doing.
I never even considered that it would have been cleaner if it had said בַּיּוֹם הַשִּׁשִּׁי, but it totally would! Thanks for pointing that out. It gives me something to think about.
וַיְכַ֤ל אֱלֹהִים֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה וַיִּשְׁבֹּת֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מִכָּל־מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָֽׂה׃
God completed his work that he was doing on the seventh day, and on the seventh day he ceased from all the work that he was doing.
I never even considered that it would have been cleaner if it had said בַּיּוֹם הַשִּׁשִּׁי, but it totally would! Thanks for pointing that out. It gives me something to think about.