Study it in the app“For before those days the wages of human beings did not exist, and the wages of livestock were none; and for the one going out and for the one coming in there was no peace because of the adversary; and I let loose all human beings, each against his neighbor.”
Forכִּיbeforeלִפְנֵיthoseהַ הָהֵםdaysיָּמִיםthe wagesשְׂכַרof human beingsהָאָדָםdid notלֹאexist,נִהְיָהand the wagesוּשְׂכַרof livestockהַבְּהֵמָהwere none;אֵינֶנָּהand for the one going outוְלַיּוֹצֵאand for the one coming inוְלַבָּאthere was noאֵיןpeaceשָׁלוֹםbecause ofמִןthe adversary;הַצָּרand I let looseוַאֲשַׁלַּחallכָּלhuman beings,הָאָדָםeachאִישׁagainst his neighbor.בְּרֵעֵהוּ
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appearswages
What is given to someone for the work he did, in money or goods.
Where else “sechar” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “nihya” appearslivestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “behema” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotse” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “ba” appearspeace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appearsadversary
Someone who oppresses and attacks another; the adversary.
Where else “tsar” appearslet go
To set free, release.
Where else “ashalach” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearsneighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears9Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: Let your hands be strong, you who hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets, who spoke on the day that the house of YHWH Tsevaot was founded, the temple, to be built.
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11But now I will not be as in the former days to the remnant of this people, declares YHWH Tsevaot.
