Study it in the app“I also shook out my lap and said, “So may Elohim shake out every man who does not fulfill this word, from his house and from his labor; and so may he be shaken out and empty.” And all the assembly said, “Amen.” And they praised YHWH. And the people did according to this word.”
I alsoגַּםshook outנָעַרְתִּיmy lapחָצְנִיand said,וָאֹמְרָה“Soכָּכָהmay Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםshake outיְנַעֵרeveryכָּלmanהָאִישׁwhoאֲשֶׁרdoes notלֹאfulfillיָקִיםthisהַזֶּהword,הַדָּבָרfrom his houseמִבֵּיתוֹand from his labor;וּמִיגִיעוֹand soוְכָכָהmay he beיִהְיֶהshaken outנָעוּרand empty.”וָרֵקAnd allוַ כָלthe assemblyהַקָּהָלsaid,יֹּאמְרוּ“Amen.”אָמֵןAnd they praisedוַיְהַלְלוּYHWH.יְהוָהAnd the peopleוַ הָעָםdidיַּעַשׂaccording to thisכַּ הַזֶּהword.דָּבָר
shake off
Shake, throw off with a jolt.
Where else “naarti” appearsbosom, lap
Lap: the fold of the cloak over the chest, which served to carry things. Shaking it out was a sign of being left empty.
Where else “chatsni” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omra” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearsestablish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “yakim” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appearstoil, its fruit
Wearying labor and what it earns.
Where else “ygi” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appearsempty
Empty; figuratively, worthless, idle.
Where else “rek” appearsassembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kahal” appearsamen
Amen: "so it is," "so be it." Whoever says it accepts as firm and true what has just been said.
Where else “amen” appearspraise
To celebrate someone's greatness with voice and song, above all YHWH's.
Where else “yehallu” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaas” appears“My lap”: the fold of the cloak that served as a pocket; shaking it out was a sign of being left with nothing.
12Then they said, “We will return them, and from them we will not seek anything; so we will do, as you say.” And I called the priests and made them swear to do according to this word.
13 · This verse (above)
14Also, from the day that I was commanded to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, I and my brothers did not eat the bread of the governor.
