Exodus 20:8

Remember -Think of it always, so as never to forget it, as a day to be distinguished from ordinary days, and held sacred: remember, as Exodus 13:3 " (Di.). Deuteronomy 5:12 substitutes the more ordinary -Observe."

sabbath Heb. shabbâth. The derivation is uncertain. As a Hebrew, word, it would naturally be connected with shâbath, to desist, cease, see Isaiah 14:4; Isaiah 24:8; with from, Genesis 2:2-3: where the sabbath is thought of, either with -from work" understood, or as a -denominative," to -keep sabbath," Exodus 16:30; Exodus 23:12 a, Exodus 31:17; Exodus 34:21; Leviticus 25:34-35 and suggest the idea of cessationfrom work. The verb shâbathdenotes -rest," not in the positive sense of relaxation or refreshment (which is nûaḥ, see v.11, Exodus 23:12 b), but in the negative sense of cessation from work or activity: but it is at least possible that the word -sabbath" is of Babylonian origin (p. 198), though of uncertain etymology (see DB.iv. 319a; note also, on the etym., the reserve expressed by Zimmern, ZDMG.1904, p. 202). Even, however, though this should be its origin, the word might well have been connected by the Hebrews with the Heb. shâbath, and regarded by them as suggesting the idea of cessation. See further, on the Bab. and Heb. -sabbath," KAT.3 [177] 592 4.

[177] Die Keilinschriften und das A T., 1903, by H. Zimmern (pp. 345 653) and H. Winckler (pp. 1 342).

keep … holy elsewhere rendered hallow, as v.11 end, Genesis 2:3 a, Jeremiah 17:12 al.Comp. Isaiah 58:13 (-my holy day").