7
“You shall noלֹאlongerתֹאסִפוּןgiveלָתֵתstrawתֶּבֶןto the peopleלָעָםto makeלִלְבֹּןbricksהַלְּבֵנִיםasכִּbefore;תְמוֹל שִׁלְשֹׁםlet themהֵםgoיֵלְכוּand gatherוְstrawתֶּבֶןfor themselves.קֹשְׁשׁוּ לָהֶם
Exodus 5:7
Study it in the app““You shall no longer give straw to the people to make bricks as before; let them go and gather straw for themselves.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 5:7, word by word
- longerתֹאסִפוּtosifu
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “tosifu” appears- giveתֵתtet
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tet” appears- strawתֶּבֶןteven
straw
Straw: chopped stalks of grain, used as fodder for animals and in making bricks.
Where else “teven” appears- to the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- to makeלְבֹּןlebon
make bricks
To mold clay and straw into bricks for building.
Where else “lebon” appears- bricksלְּבֵנִיםlevenim
brick
Brick of clay.
Where else “levenim” appears- beforeתְמוֹלtemol
formerly
What was already so in times past, up to now.
Where else “temol” appears- beforeשִׁלְשֹׁםshilshom
day before yesterday
The day before yesterday; formerly. With "yesterday" it forms the idiom "as before".
Where else “shilshom” appears- goיֵלְכוּyelchu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appears- for themselvesקֹשְׁשׁוּkoshshu
gather
Gather from the ground (straw, wood).
Where else “koshshu” appears
The context
6That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their supervisors, saying,
7 · This verse (above)
8But the quota of bricks that they were making before you shall impose on them; you shall not reduce any of it, for they are lazy; that is why they cry out, saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our Elohim.’