Sabbath
The seventh day of the week, set apart for rest (Ex 20:8-11) — sunset Friday to sunset Saturday. Scripture also calls certain annual holy days “sabbaths” (Lev 23:24, 32, 39), which is why “the day after the Sabbath” (Lev 23:11) can be read two ways and the Wave Sheaf’s timing is debated.
The sabbath rest recurs by scale: the seventh day, the seventh year — the land’s sabbath (Lev 25) — and the Jubilee that crowns seven of those. One pattern at every magnitude. Synonyms: Shabbat. See also: Sabbatical year, Jubilee.