Study it in the app“But the people are many, and it is the time of rains, and there is no strength to stand outside; and the work is not for one day nor for two, for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.”
Butאֲבָלthe peopleהָעָםare many,רָבandוְit is the timeהָעֵתof rains,גְּשָׁמִיםand there is noוְאֵיןstrengthכֹּחַto standלַעֲמוֹדoutside;בַּחוּץand the workוְהַמְּלָאכָהis notלֹאfor oneלְ אֶחָדdayיוֹםnorוְלֹאfor two,לִשְׁנַיִםforכִּיwe have greatlyהִרְבִּינוּtransgressedלִפְשֹׁעַin thisבַּ הַזֶּהmatter.דָּבָר
but
But, however.
Where else “aval” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsmany
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rav” appearstime
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appearsheavy rain
Heavy rain, downpour.
Where else “geshamim” appearsstrength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “koach” appearsstand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amod” appearsoutside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chuts” appearswork
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melacha” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appearsgreatly
Used to say 'in great quantity' or 'very much'.
Where else “hirbinu” appearstransgress
To break with God and his law.
Where else “feshoa” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears12And all the assembly answered and said with a loud voice, “That is right: according to your word it is ours to do.
13 · This verse (above)
14Please, let our officials stand for all the assembly, and let all who in our cities have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of each city and its judges, until the burning anger of our Elohim is turned away from us over this matter.”
