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The leechלַעֲלוּקָהhas twoשְׁתֵּיdaughters:בָנוֹת“Give,הַבgive!”הַבThree thingsשָׁלוֹשׁthere areהֵנָּהthat are notלֹאsatisfied;תִשְׂבַּעְנָהfourאַרְבַּעthat do notלֹאsay,אָמְרוּ“Enough”:הוֹן
Proverbs 30:15
Study it in the app“The leech has two daughters: “Give, give!” Three things there are that are not satisfied; four that do not say, “Enough”:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 30:15, word by word
- The leechעֲלוּקָהaluka
leech
A leech.
Where else “aluka” appears- has twoשְׁתֵּיshete
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shete” appears- daughtersבָנוֹתvanot
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vanot” appears- “Giveהַבhav
give
To hand something to someone, or to ascribe to him what is due.
Where else “hav” appears- Three thingsשָׁלוֹשׁshalosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appears- satisfiedתִשְׂבַּעְנָהtisbana
be satisfied
To eat until one wants no more.
Where else “tisbana” appears- fourאַרְבַּעarba
four
Four.
Where else “arba” appears- sayאָמְרוּamru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amru” appears- “Enoughהוֹןhon
enough
A word to say that it is enough, that no more is wanted.
Where else “hon” appears
The context
14A generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaw teeth are knives, to devour the afflicted from the earth, and the needy from among mankind.
15 · This verse (above)
16Sheol, and the closed womb, the earth not satisfied with water, and the fire that does not say, “Enough.”