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Let the workהָעֲבֹדָהbe heavyתִּכְבַּדonעַלthe menהָאֲנָשִׁיםso that they laborוְיַעֲשׂוּat itבָהּand do notוְאַלpay attentionיִשְׁעוּto lyingשָׁקֶרwords.”בְּדִבְרֵי
Exodus 5:9
Study it in the app“Let the work be heavy on the men so that they labor at it and do not pay attention to lying words.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 5:9, word by word
- Let the workעֲבֹדָהavoda
bondage
Work imposed by another, or the hard burden of one who does it as a slave.
Where else “avoda” appears- be heavyתִּכְבַּדtichbad
be heavy
To weigh much, like a burden.
Where else “tichbad” appears- the menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- so that they laborיַעֲשׂוּyaasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaasu” appears- pay attentionיִשְׁעוּyishu
look
To gaze closely or with favor; seek help.
Where else “yishu” appears- to lyingשָׁקֶרshaker
lie
What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.
Where else “shaker” appears- wordsדִבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears
The context
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.’
9 · This verse (above)
10So the taskmasters of the people and their supervisors went out and said to the people, saying, “Thus says Pharaoh: ‘I am not giving you straw.