Study it in the app“Why do you weigh out silver for what is not bread, and the fruit of your labor for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight itself in fatness.”
Whyלָמָּהdo you weigh outתִשְׁקְלוּsilverכֶסֶףfor what is notבְּלוֹאbread,לֶחֶםand the fruit of your laborוִיגִיעֲכֶםfor what does notבְּלוֹאsatisfy?לְשָׂבְעָהListenשִׁמְעוּcarefullyשָׁמוֹעַto me,אֵלַיand eatוְאִכְלוּwhat is good,טוֹבand your soulנַפְשְׁכֶםwill delight itselfוְתִתְעַנַּגin fatness.בַּדֶּשֶׁן
weigh
Weigh; pay by weighing out silver.
Where else “tishklu” appearsmoney
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “chesef” appearsbread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appearstoil, its fruit
Wearying labor and what it earns.
Where else “ygia” appearsfullness, satisfying
Satisfaction, enough to eat: eating until one is full.
Where else “sava” appearslisten
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shimu” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “ichlu” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appearssoul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsh” appearsdelight
To take great joy in something or someone.
Where else “titanag” appearsfatness
The richest, most plentiful part of food, full of fat.
Where else “deshen” appears1“Ho! All who are thirsty, come to the waters! And the one who has no silver, come, buy and eat; come, buy without silver and without price wine and milk.
2 · This verse (above)
3Incline your ear and come to me; listen, and your soul will live; and I will make with you an eternal covenant, the loyal loves of David, that are sure.
