Wherefore have we fasted
tsuwm (tsoom)
to cover over (the mouth), i.e. to fast -- at all, fast.
say they and thou seest
ra'ah (raw-aw')
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)surely, think, view, visions.
not wherefore have we afflicted
`anah (aw-naw')
to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
our soul
nephesh (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
and thou takest no knowledge
yada` (yaw-dah')
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially
Behold in the day
yowm (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
of your fast
tsowm (tsome)
a fast: --fast(-ing).
ye find
matsa' (maw-tsaw')
to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
pleasure
chephets (khay'-fets)
pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)
and exact
nagas (naw-gas')
to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize -- distress, driver, exact(-or), oppress(-or), raiser of taxes, taskmaster.
all your labours
`atseb (aw-tsabe')
a (hired) workman -- labour.
