1 Samuel 2:5
The satiated for bread hired themselves, And the hungry have ceased. While the barren hath borne seven, And she abounding with sons hath languished.Ko e veesi ni 'i he māmani mo'oni
'I he ngaahi lea fē
- עָקָרʻâqârsterile (as if extirpated in the generative organs)
- שָׂבֵעַsâbêaʻsatiated (in a pleasant or disagreeable sense)
- אָמַלʼâmalto droop; by implication to be sick, to mourn
- שָׂכַרsâkarto hire
- רָעֵבrâʻêbhungry (more or less intensely)
- חָדַלchâdalproperly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle
- לֶחֶםlechemfood (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
- שֶׁבַעshebaʻseven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by
+lea 'e 3 kehe 'i he veesi ni
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