Study it in the app“A man of the people answered and said, “Your father solemnly put the people under oath, saying, ‘Cursed be the man who eats bread today.’” And the people were exhausted.”
A manאִישׁof the peopleמֵהָעָםansweredוַיַּעַןand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Your fatherאָבִיךָsolemnlyהַשְׁבֵּעַput the people under oath,הִשְׁבִּיעַ אֶת הָעָםsaying,לֵאמֹר‘Cursed beאָרוּרthe manהָאִישׁwhoאֲשֶׁרeatsיֹאכַלbreadלֶחֶםtoday.’”הַיּוֹםAnd the peopleוַ הָעָםwere exhausted.יָּעַף
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsanswer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsput under oath
To make someone swear.
Where else “hashbea” appearscurse
Curse: declare someone or something under punishment, deprived of blessing. It is the opposite of bless.
Where else “arur” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochal” appearsbread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsgrow weary
To be left without strength from weariness or hunger.
Where else “yaaf” appears27But Jonathan had not heard when his father put the people under oath; and he stretched out the tip of the rod that was in his hand and dipped it in the comb of honey, and brought back his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.
28 · This verse (above)
29Jonathan said, “My father has brought ruin on the land. See, please, how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.
