Study it in the app“But 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.’”
But the quotaוְאֶת מַתְכֹּנֶתof bricksהַלְּבֵנִיםthatאֲשֶׁרtheyהֵםwere makingעֹשִׂיםbeforeתְּמוֹל שִׁלְשֹׁםyou shall imposeתָּשִׂימוּon them;עֲלֵיהֶםyou shall notלֹאreduceתִגְרְעוּany of it,מִמֶּנּוּforכִּיtheyהֵםare lazy;נִרְפִּיםthat is whyעַל כֵּןtheyהֵםcry out,צֹעֲקִיםsaying,לֵאמֹר‘Let us goנֵלְכָהand sacrificeנִזְבְּחָהto our Elohim.’לֵאלֹהֵינוּ
proportion, formula
A fixed amount, an exact measure; also a set quantity.
Where else “matkonet” appearsbrick
Brick of clay.
Where else “levenim” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “osim” appearsformerly
What was already so in times past, up to now.
Where else “temol” appearsday before yesterday
The day before yesterday; formerly. With "yesterday" it forms the idiom "as before".
Where else “shilshom” appearsappoint
To set someone as leader, or fix something.
Where else “tasimu” appearstake away
To subtract something from an amount or a law.
Where else “tigru” appearsbe lazy
Unwilling to work.
Where else “nirpim” appearscry out
To shout for help or justice.
Where else “tsoakim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “nelcha” appearssacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “nizbcha” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohe” appears7“You shall no longer give straw to the people to make bricks as before; let them go and gather straw for themselves.
8 · This verse (above)
9Let the work be heavy on the men so that they labor at it and do not pay attention to lying words.”
