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So nowוְעַתָּהgoלְכוּand work;עִבְדוּand strawוְתֶבֶןwill notלֹאbe givenיִנָּתֵןto you,לָכֶםyetוְthe quotaתֹכֶןof bricksלְבֵנִיםyou shall deliver.”תִּתֵּנּוּ
Exodus 5:18
Study it in the app“So now go and work; and straw will not be given to you, yet the quota of bricks you shall deliver.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 5:18, word by word
- goלְכוּlechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechu” appears- and workעִבְדוּivdu
work
To toil, till the land.
Where else “ivdu” appears- and strawתֶבֶןteven
straw
Straw: chopped stalks of grain, used as fodder for animals and in making bricks.
Where else “teven” appears- be givenיִנָּתֵןyinaten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yinaten” appears- the quotaתֹכֶןtochen
quota
Fixed amount, quota.
Where else “tochen” appears- of bricksלְבֵנִיםlevenim
brick
Brick of clay.
Where else “levenim” appears
The context
17He said, “You are lazy, lazy! That is why you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to YHWH.’
18 · This verse (above)
19The supervisors of the sons of Israel saw that they were in trouble when they were told, “You shall not reduce any of your bricks, each day’s task on its day.”