לָשֹׂ֑בַע

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לָשֹׂ֑בַע

   la-SO-va

   to fullness
2. clause🔊 וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ אֲלֵהֶ֜ם בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מִֽי־יִתֵּ֨ן מוּתֵ֤נוּ בְיַד־יְהוָה֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם בְּשִׁבְתֵּ֙נוּ֙ עַל־סִ֣יר הַבָּשָׂ֔ר בְּאָכְלֵ֥נוּ לֶ֖חֶם לָשֹׂ֑בַע

   va-yom-RU a-le-HEM be-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-yit-TEN moo-TE-noo ve-yad-ye-ho-VAH be-E-rets mits-RA-yim be-shiv-TE-noo al-SIR ha-ba-SAR be-okh-LE-noo LE-khem la-SO-va

   sons of Israel {And They} said to them if only we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt when we sat by the pot of the meat when we ate bread to fullness
3. sentence🔊 וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ אֲלֵהֶ֜ם בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מִֽי־יִתֵּ֨ן מוּתֵ֤נוּ בְיַד־יְהוָה֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם בְּשִׁבְתֵּ֙נוּ֙ עַל־סִ֣יר הַבָּשָׂ֔ר בְּאָכְלֵ֥נוּ לֶ֖חֶם לָשֹׂ֑בַע כִּֽי־הוֹצֵאתֶ֤ם אֹתָ֙נוּ֙ אֶל־הַמִּדְבָּ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה לְהָמִ֛ית אֶת־כָּל־הַקָּהָ֥ל הַזֶּ֖ה בָּרָעָֽב׃

   va-yom-RU a-le-HEM be-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-yit-TEN moo-TE-noo ve-yad-ye-ho-VAH be-E-rets mits-RA-yim be-shiv-TE-noo al-SIR ha-ba-SAR be-okh-LE-noo LE-khem la-SO-va ki-ho-tse-TEM o-TA-noo el-ham-mid-BAR ha-ZE le-ha-MIT et-kol-hak-ka-HAL ha-ZE ba-ra-AV

   sons of Israel {And They} said to them if only we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt when we sat by the pot of the meat when we ate bread to fullness for you brought out us to the wilderness this to kill the whole assembly this with hunger

Exegesis

Temporal framing appears in the infinitive clauses beshivtenu {בְּשִׁבְתֵּנוּ | bə-šiv-tê-nû} and al-sir habasar {עַל־סִיר הַבָּשָׂר | ʿal-sîr ha-bā-śār}, ‘when we sat by the meat pot,’ and beokhleinu lechem lasova {בְּאָכְלֵנוּ לֶחֶם לָשֹׂבַע | bə-ʾā-ḵ-lê-nû le-ḥem lā-śō-ḇaʿ}, ‘when we ate bread to satiety’.