1 Samuel

1 Samuel 2:5

⁵The well-fed hire themselves out for food,

but the starving hunger no more.

The barren woman gives birth to seven,

but she who has many sons pines away.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The well-fed	שְׂבֵעִ֤ים	śə·ḇê·‘îm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7649 sated, satisfied, surfeited
hire themselves out	נִשְׂכָּ֔רוּ	niś·kā·rū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7936 hire
for food	בַּלֶּ֙חֶם֙	bal·le·ḥem	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3899 bread, food
but the starving	וּרְעֵבִ֖ים	ū·rə·‘ê·ḇîm	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine plural	H7457 hungry
hunger no more	חָדֵ֑לּוּ	ḥā·ḏêl·lū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H2308 cease
The barren woman	עֲקָרָה֙	‘ă·qā·rāh	Adjective - feminine singular	H6135 barren
gives birth to	יָלְדָ֣ה	yā·lə·ḏāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
seven	שִׁבְעָ֔ה	šiḇ·‘āh	Number - masculine singular	H7651 seven
but she who has many	וְרַבַּ֥ת	wə·rab·baṯ	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - feminine singular construct	H7227 much, many, great
sons	בָּנִ֖ים	bā·nîm	Noun - masculine plural	H1121 son
pines away	אֻמְלָֽלָה׃	’um·lā·lāh	Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H535 be weak, languish

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.