Job 24:3 Go deeper

They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge. (KJV)

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חֲמ֣וֹרcha.Mor[the] donkey of

Lemma: חֲמוֹר (cha.mor) · Strong's: H2543

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: donkey

Used 96 times. Also: Genesis 12:16, Genesis 22:3, Genesis 22:5, Genesis 24:35, Genesis 30:43, Genesis 32:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2543; TAHOT Job 24:3 word 1

יְתוֹמִ֣יםye.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 24:3 word 2

יִנְהָ֑גוּyin.Ha.guthey drive away

Lemma: נָהַג (na.hag) · Strong's: H5090A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to lead

Used 30 times. Also: Genesis 31:18, Genesis 31:26, Exodus 3:1, Exodus 10:13, Exodus 14:25, Deuteronomy 4:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5090A; TAHOT Job 24:3 word 3

יַ֝חְבְּל֗וּyach.be.Luthey take as pledge

Lemma: חָבַל (cha.val) · Strong's: H2254A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to pledge

Used 12 times. Also: Exodus 22:26, Deuteronomy 24:6, Deuteronomy 24:17, Job 22:6, Job 24:9, Proverbs 20:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2254A; TAHOT Job 24:3 word 4

שׁ֣וֹרShor[the] ox of

Lemma: שׁוֹר (shor) · Strong's: H7794

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: cattle

Used 79 times. Also: Genesis 32:5, Genesis 49:6, Exodus 20:17, Exodus 21:28, Exodus 21:29, Exodus 21:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7794; TAHOT Job 24:3 word 5

אַלְמָנָֽה\׃'al.ma.Naha widow

Lemma: אַלְמָנָה (al.ma.nah) · Strong's: H0490

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

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 24:3 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

They drive away	→	נָהַג H5090A to lead
the donkey	→	חֲמוֹר H2543 donkey
of the fatherless	→	יָתוֹם H3490 orphan
and take the widow’s	→	אַלְמָנָה H0490 widow
ox	→	שׁוֹר H7794 cattle
in pledge	→	חָבַל H2254A to pledge

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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