Study it in the app“If thieves came to you, if plunderers by night (how you have been destroyed!), would they not steal only what was enough for them? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?”
Ifאִםthievesגַּנָּבִיםcameבָּאוּto you,לְךָifאִםplunderersשׁוֹדְדֵיby nightלַיְלָה(howאֵיךְyou have been destroyed!),נִדְמֵיתָהwould they notהֲלוֹאstealיִגְנְבוּonly what was enough for them?דַּיָּםIfאִםgrape gatherersבֹּצְרִיםcameבָּאוּto you,לָךְwould they notהֲלוֹאleaveיַשְׁאִירוּgleanings?עֹלֵלוֹת
thief
Thief.
Where else “ganavim” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bau” appearsdestroyer
The one who ruins and loots.
Where else “shodde” appearsnight
Night.
Where else “layla” appearsdestroy
To vanish completely, be wiped out, or put an end to something.
Where else “nidmeta” appearssteal
To steal something, or kidnap someone.
Where else “yignvu” appearsenough
The amount that is enough for something, with nothing lacking.
Where else “daya” appearsgather grapes
To cut grape clusters.
Where else “botsrim” appearsleave
To leave something over.
Where else “yashiru” appearsgleanings
Gleanings: the little that is left in the vineyard or the field after the harvest and is gathered at the end (Leviticus 19:10).
Where else “olelot” appears4Though you soar high like the eagle, and though among the stars your nest is set, from there I will bring you down, declares YHWH.
5 · This verse (above)
6How Esau has been searched out, his hidden treasures sought out!
