Study it in the app“You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, and there is no satisfaction; you drink, and there is no drunkenness; you clothe yourselves, and there is no warmth for anyone; and the one who earns wages earns wages for a bag with holes.”
You have sownזְרַעְתֶּםmuch,הַרְבֵּהand bring inוְהָבֵאlittle;מְעָטyou eat,אָכוֹלand there is noוְאֵיןsatisfaction;לְשָׂבְעָהyou drink,שָׁתוֹand there is noוְאֵיןdrunkenness;לְשָׁכְרָהyou clothe yourselves,לָבוֹשׁand there is noוְאֵיןwarmthלְחֹםfor anyone;לוֹand the one who earns wagesוְהַמִּשְׂתַּכֵּרearns wagesמִשְׂתַּכֵּרforאֶלa bagצְרוֹרwith holes.נָקוּב
sow
To put seed in the ground.
Where else “zeratem” appearsgreatly
Used to say 'in great quantity' or 'very much'.
Where else “harbe” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “have” appearsfew
A small amount: few in number, or a short time.
Where else “meat” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achol” appearsfullness, satisfying
Satisfaction, enough to eat: eating until one is full.
Where else “sava” appearsdrink
Drink.
Where else “shato” appearsget drunk
To drink until senseless.
Where else “shachra” appearsput on
To cover the body with clothes: to put on what one is to wear.
Where else “lavosh” appearsheat
Heat.
Where else “chom” appearshire
Hire: pay someone for work or for the use of something.
Where else “mistaker” appearsbag
A pouch for money or valuables.
Where else “tseror” appearspierce
To open a hole in something, to pierce it through.
Where else “nakuv” appears5And now, thus says YHWH Tsevaot: Set your heart on your ways.
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7Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: Set your heart on your ways.
