Leviticus 23:37

Summary

Leviticus 23:37 closes the list of festivals by summarizing them as the mo'adei ("appointed feasts of", H4150H) of Yehovah, occasions Israel must proclaim as miqra'ei qodesh ("convocations of holiness", H4744/H6944G). The verse then specifies the categories of offerings to be presented, each tied to its own designated day.

Key words

• mo'a.dei ("appointed feasts of", H4150H) — masculine plural construct, linking the feasts directly to the divine name that follows; the construct form marks them as belonging to Yehovah.
• tikre'u ("you will proclaim", H7121I) — qal imperfect, second person masculine plural, denoting an ongoing or repeated future obligation performed by the community collectively.
• miqra'ei ("convocations of", H4744) — masculine plural construct paired with qodesh ("holiness", H6944G), forming the phrase "convocations of holiness," where holiness functions as a genitive qualifying the type of assembly.
• hakriv ("to present", H7126H) — hiphil infinitive construct, causative in force ("to cause to come near/offer"), governed by the preposition le ("to", H9005), expressing purpose: the reason for the convocations is to present offerings.
• devar-yom beyomo ("a matter of a day in its day", H1697N + H3117J) — a construct chain followed by a prepositional repetition of yom ("day", H3117J) with a third-person suffix ("its"), producing a distributive expression meaning each offering assigned to its specific day.

What the text says

The verse opens with the demonstrative 'Eleh ("these", H0428) pointing back to the preceding list of festivals, then names them as mo'adei Yehovah — feasts belonging to and set by Yehovah. The relative clause introduced by 'asher ("which", H0834A) explains their function: the people are to proclaim (tikre'u) them as miqra'ei qodesh, a construct phrase where "convocations" are qualified by "holiness," rather than a simple adjective-noun pair.

The purpose clause lehakriv 'isheh ("to present a fire offering") uses the hiphil infinitive construct, which carries causative sense — the community causes the offering to be brought near to Yehovah. Four offering types are then listed in sequence without connecting syntax beyond simple conjunctions ('olah, "burnt offering," H5930A; minchah, "grain offering," H4503G; zevach, "sacrifice," H2077; nesakhim, "drink offerings," H5262), forming an appositional list dependent on the single verb hakriv.

The closing phrase devar-yom beyomo is a construct chain ("a matter/word of a day") followed by the preposition be ("in", H9003) plus yom with a possessive suffix ("its day"), literally "the matter of a day in its day." This construction expresses distribution — each offering assigned to its own specific day — rather than a single blanket schedule.

Differences between versions

The LXX renders 'isheh ("fire offering", H0801) as karpōmata ("offerings/fruits"), a more general term than the Hebrew's specific reference to fire-offerings. The Vulgate groups the offering types more broadly as "holocausta et libamenta" ("burnt offerings and libations"), condensing the four Hebrew categories ('olah, minchah, zevach, nesakhim) into two Latin terms, where the Hebrew and LXX (holokautōmata, thysias, spondas) preserve a fuller enumeration.