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And he calledוַיִּקְרָאa famineרָעָבuponעַלthe land;הָאָרֶץeveryכָּלstaffמַטֵּהof breadלֶחֶםhe broke.שָׁבָר
Psalms 105:16
Study it in the app“And he called a famine upon the land; every staff of bread he broke.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 105:16, word by word
- And he calledיִּקְרָאyikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appears- a famineרָעָבraav
famine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- staffמַטֵּהmate
staff
A straight stick used for support, as a weapon or as a sign of authority.
Where else “mate” appears- of breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- he brokeשָׁבָרshavar
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “shavar” appears
Translation note
“Staff of bread”: bread seen as the support that sustains life; to break it is to leave without food.
The context
15“Do not touch my anointed ones, and to my prophets do no harm.”
16 · This verse (above)
17He sent before them a man; as a slave Joseph was sold.