Word
מרוב עבודה, הידיים שלי עייפות.
Meaning
Because of all the work, my hands are tired.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Questions & Answers about מרוב עבודה, הידיים שלי עייפות.
What does מרוב mean here?
מרוב means from too much..., because of so much..., or as a result of a lot of....
It is made of:
- מ־ = from
- רוב = most / a large amount
So מרוב עבודה means from too much work or because of so much work.
This is a very common Hebrew pattern:
- מרוב חום = from the heat / because of so much heat
- מרוב עייפות = from tiredness / because of being so tired
- מרוב לחץ = because of so much stress
In this sentence, it gives the reason that the hands are tired.
Why is it עבודה and not העבודה?
Because עבודה here means work in a general, uncountable sense, not the work.
So:
- עבודה = work
- העבודה = the work / the job
In מרוב עבודה, the speaker means because of so much work, not a specific piece of work. That is why there is no ה־.
Why is it הידיים and not just ידיים?