Study it in the app“‘Why have we fasted, and you did not see? Why have we humbled our soul, and you do not know?’ Look, on the day of your fast you find your desire, and you oppress all your workers.”
‘Whyלָמָּהhave we fasted,צַּמְנוּandוְyou did notלֹאsee?רָאִיתָWhy have we humbledעִנִּינוּour soul,נַפְשֵׁנוּandוְyou do notלֹאknow?’תֵדָעLook,הֵןon the dayבְּיוֹםof your fastצֹמְכֶםyou findתִּמְצְאוּyour desire,חֵפֶץand you oppressוְ תִּנְגֹּשׂוּallכָלyour workers.עַצְּבֵיכֶם
fast
Fast: go without food for a time, as a sign of grief or to seek God.
Where else “tsamnu” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raita” appearshumble
To humble, or humble oneself; to fast.
Where else “ininu” appearssoul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshe” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “teda” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsfast
Fast: going without food for a time, as a sign of mourning, of sorrow for sin, or of pleading with God.
Where else “tsom” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “timtsu” appearsdesire
What one wants, or what God intends.
Where else “chefets” appearspress
To press for what is owed, like a creditor or collector.
Where else “tingosu” appearslaborer
A laborer, a hired worker.
Where else “atsve” appears2Yet they seek me day after day, and they desire to know my ways, like a nation that had done righteousness and had not forsaken the justice of its Elohim; they ask me for judgments of righteousness; they desire the nearness of Elohim.
3 · This verse (above)
4Look, for strife and contention you fast, and to strike with a fist of wickedness; do not fast as you do today to make your voice heard on high.
