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What mean ye that ye use
mashal (maw-shal')
to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
this proverb
mashal (maw-shawl')
a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse) -- byword, like, parable, proverb.
concerning the land
'adamah (ad-aw-maw')
soil (from its general redness) -- country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
of Israel
Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
saying
'amar (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
The fathers
'ab (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
have eaten
'akal (aw-kal')
to eat -- at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, freely, in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, quite.
sour grapes
bocer (bo'ser)
sour grape.
and the children's
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
teeth
shen (shane)
a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff -- crag, forefront, ivory, sharp, tooth.
are set on edge
qahah (kaw-haw')
to be dull -- be set on edge, be blunt. |
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