They come upright as barley and go away bent as lentils
See: "They came upright as barley and went away bent as lentils".
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Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בָּאִים זְקוּפִים כִּשְׂעוֹרִים וְהוֹלְכִים לָהֶם נְמוּכִים כַּעֲדָשִׁים
Definition (Hebrew)
רְאֵה: "בָּאוּ זְקוּפִים כַּשְּׂעוֹרִים וְהָלְכוּ נְמוּכִים כַּעֲדָשִׁים".
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