Job 24:5 Go deeper
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Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children. (KJV)
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הֵ֤ןhenthere!
Lemma: הֵן (hen) · Strong's: H2005
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: look!
Used 316 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 11:6, Genesis 15:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2005; TAHOT Job 24:5 word 1
פְּרָאִ֨ים\׀pe.ra.'Imwild donkeys
Lemma: פֶּ֫רֶא (pe.re) · Strong's: H6501
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: wild donkey
Used 10 times. Also: Genesis 16:12, Job 6:5, Job 11:12, Job 39:5, Psalms 104:11, Isaiah 32:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6501; TAHOT Job 24:5 word 2
בַּֽמִּדְבָּ֗רba.mid.Barin the wilderness
Lemma: מִדְבָּר (mid.bar) · Strong's: H4057B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: wilderness
Used 269 times. Also: Genesis 14:6, Genesis 16:7, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 21:20, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 36:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4057B; TAHOT Job 24:5 word 3
יָצְא֣וּya.tze.'Uthey go forth
Lemma: יָצָא (ya.tsa) · Strong's: H3318G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to come out: come
Used 620 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:16, Genesis 8:18, Genesis 8:19, Genesis 9:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3318G; TAHOT Job 24:5 word 4
בְּ֭פָעֳלָםBe.fo.'o.lomin work their
Lemma: פֹּ֫עַל (po.al) · Strong's: H6467
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: work
Used 37 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:4, Deuteronomy 33:11, Ruth 2:12, 2 Samuel 23:20, 1 Chronicles 11:22, Job 7:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6467; TAHOT Job 24:5 word 5
מְשַׁחֲרֵ֣יme.sha.cha.Reiseeking
Lemma: שָׁחַר (sha.char) · Strong's: H7836
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVprmpc)
Meaning: to seek
Used 12 times. Also: Job 7:21, Job 8:5, Psalms 63:1, Psalms 78:34, Proverbs 1:28, Proverbs 7:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7836; TAHOT Job 24:5 word 6
לַטָּ֑רֶףla.Ta.reffor <the> food
Lemma: טֶ֫רֶף (te.reph) · Strong's: H2964
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: prey
Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 49:9, Numbers 23:24, Job 4:11, Job 29:17, Job 38:39, Psalms 76:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2964; TAHOT Job 24:5 word 7
עֲרָבָ֥ה'a.ra.Vaha desert plain
Lemma: עֲרָבָה (a.ra.vah) · Strong's: H6160L
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: plain
Used 19 times. Also: Joshua 4:13, Joshua 5:10, 2 Samuel 17:16, 2 Kings 25:5, Job 39:6, Psalms 68:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6160L; TAHOT Job 24:5 word 8
לֶ֝֗חֶםLe.chemfood
Lemma: לֶ֫חֶם (le.chem) · Strong's: H3899G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: food
Used 72 times. Also: Genesis 37:25, Genesis 39:6, Genesis 43:31, Genesis 43:32, Genesis 47:12, Genesis 47:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3899G; TAHOT Job 24:5 word 9
לַנְּעָרִֽים\׃la.ne.'a.Rimfor the children
Lemma: נַ֫עַר (na.ar) · Strong's: H5288
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: youth
Used 239 times. Also: Genesis 14:24, Genesis 18:7, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 21:17, Genesis 21:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5288; TAHOT Job 24:5 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Indeed | → | הֵן H2005 look! |
| [like] wild donkeys | → | פֶּ֫רֶא H6501 wild donkey |
| in the desert | → | מִדְבָּר H4057B wilderness |
| the poor go | → | יָצָא H3318G to come out: come |
| to work | → | פֹּ֫עַל H6467 work |
| foraging | → | שָׁחַר H7836 to seek |
| for food | → | טֶ֫רֶף H2964 prey |
| the wasteland | → | עֲרָבָה H6160L plain |
| is food | → | לֶ֫חֶם H3899G food |
| for their children | → | נַ֫עַר H5288 youth |
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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