Job 22:9 Go deeper
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Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. (KJV)
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אַ֭לְמָנוֹת'Al.ma.notwidows
Lemma: אַלְמָנָה (al.ma.nah) · Strong's: H0490
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: widow
Used 55 times. Also: Genesis 38:11, Exodus 22:22, Exodus 22:24, Leviticus 21:14, Leviticus 22:13, Numbers 30:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0490; TAHOT Job 22:9 word 1
שִׁלַּ֣חְתָּshi.Lach.tayou have sent away
Lemma: שָׁלַח (sha.lach) · Strong's: H7971G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpp2ms)
Meaning: to send: depart
Used 669 times. Also: Genesis 3:23, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:8, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 12:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7971G; TAHOT Job 22:9 word 2
רֵיקָ֑םrei.Kamwith empty hands
Lemma: רֵיקָם (re.qam) · Strong's: H7387
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: emptily
Used 16 times. Also: Genesis 31:42, Exodus 3:21, Exodus 23:15, Exodus 34:20, Deuteronomy 15:13, Deuteronomy 16:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7387; TAHOT Job 22:9 word 3
וּזְרֹע֖וֹתu.ze.ro.'otand [the] arms of
Lemma: זְרוֹעַ (ze.ro.a) · Strong's: H2220
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: arm
Used 91 times. Also: Genesis 49:24, Exodus 6:6, Exodus 15:16, Numbers 6:19, Deuteronomy 4:34, Deuteronomy 5:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2220; TAHOT Job 22:9 word 4
יְתֹמִ֣יםye.to.Mimfatherless ones
Lemma: יָתוֹם (ya.tom) · Strong's: H3490
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: orphan
Used 42 times. Also: Exodus 22:22, Exodus 22:24, Deuteronomy 10:18, Deuteronomy 14:29, Deuteronomy 16:11, Deuteronomy 16:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3490; TAHOT Job 22:9 word 5
יְדֻכָּֽא\׃ye.du.Ka'it has been crushed
Lemma: דָּכָא (da.kah) · Strong's: H1792
Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVPi3ms)
Meaning: to crush
Used 18 times. Also: Job 4:19, Job 5:4, Job 6:9, Job 19:2, Job 34:25, Psalms 72:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1792; TAHOT Job 22:9 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You sent widows | → | אַלְמָנָה H0490 widow |
| away | → | שָׁלַח H7971G to send: depart |
| empty-handed | → | רֵיקָם H7387 emptily |
| and the strength | → | זְרוֹעַ H2220 arm |
| of the fatherless | → | יָתוֹם H3490 orphan |
| was crushed | → | דָּכָא H1792 to crush |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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