Job 24:9 Go deeper

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor. (KJV)

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יִ֭גְזְלוּYig.ze.lupeople tear away

Lemma: גָּזַל (ga.zal) · Strong's: H1497

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

Meaning: to plunder

Used 30 times. Also: Genesis 21:25, Genesis 31:31, Leviticus 6:4, Leviticus 19:13, Deuteronomy 28:29, Deuteronomy 28:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1497; TAHOT Job 24:9 word 1

מִשֹּׁ֣דmi.Shodfrom [the] breast

Lemma: שֹׁד (shod) · Strong's: H7699B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: breast

Used 3 times. Also: Isaiah 60:16, Isaiah 66:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7699B; TAHOT Job 24:9 word 2

יָת֑וֹםya.Toma fatherless one

Lemma: יָתוֹם (ya.tom) · Strong's: H3490

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

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 24:9 word 3

וְֽעַל\־ve.'al-and on

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Job 24:9 word 4

עָנִ֥י'a.Ni[the] poor

Lemma: עָנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H6041

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: afflicted

Used 71 times. Also: Exodus 22:25, Leviticus 19:10, Leviticus 23:22, Deuteronomy 15:11, Deuteronomy 24:12, Deuteronomy 24:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6041; TAHOT Job 24:9 word 5

יַחְבֹּֽלוּ\׃yach.Bo.luthey take pledges

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 24:3, Proverbs 20:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2254A; TAHOT Job 24:9 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

The fatherless infant	→	יָתוֹם H3490 orphan
is snatched	→	גָּזַל H1497 to plunder
from the breast	→	שֹׁד H7699B breast
the nursing child	→	עַל H5921A upon
of the poor	→	עָנִי H6041 afflicted
is seized for a debt	→	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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