Study it in the app“And I also withheld from you the rain when there were still three months to the harvest; and I would send rain on one city, and on another city I would not send rain; one field would be rained on, and the field on which it did not rain would dry up.”
And Iוְ אָנֹכִיalsoגַםwithheldמָנַעְתִּיfrom youמִכֶּםthe rainהַגֶּשֶׁםwhen there were stillבְּעוֹדthreeשְׁלֹשָׁהmonthsחֳדָשִׁיםto the harvest;לַקָּצִירand I would send rainוְהִמְטַרְתִּיonעַלoneאֶחָתcity,עִירand onוְעַלanotherאַחַתcityעִירI would notלֹאsend rain;אַמְטִירoneאַחַתfieldחֶלְקָהwould be rained on,תִּמָּטֵרand the fieldוְחֶלְקָהon whichאֲשֶׁר עָלֶיהָit did notלֹאrainתַמְטִירwould dry up.תִּיבָשׁ
withhold
Withhold, refuse, hold back.
Where else “manati” appearsheavy rain
Heavy rain, downpour.
Where else “geshem” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appearsmonth
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodashim” appearsharvest
To cut and gather ripe grain and fruit; the season for it and what is gathered.
Where else “katsir” appearsrain
Send rain, make it rain.
Where else “himtarti” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echat” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsplot
A plot of land belonging to someone.
Where else “chelka” appearsdry up
To lose water or moisture and become parched or withered.
Where else “tivash” appears6And I also gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places; yet you did not return to me, declares YHWH.
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8And two or three cities would stagger to one city to drink water, and they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to me, declares YHWH.
