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For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. (KJV)

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בְּחֶ֥סֶרbe.Che.serin poverty

Lemma: חֶ֫סֶר (che.ser) · Strong's: H2639

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

Meaning: poverty

Used 2 times. Also: Proverbs 28:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2639; TAHOT Job 30:3 word 1

וּבְכָפָ֗ןu.ve.kha.Fanand in hunger

Lemma: כָּפָן (ka.phan) · Strong's: H3720

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

Meaning: famine

Used 2 times. Also: Job 5:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3720; TAHOT Job 30:3 word 2

גַּ֫לְמ֥וּדgal.Mudbarren

Lemma: גַּלְמוּד (gal.mud) · Strong's: H1565

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

Meaning: solitary

Used 4 times. Also: Job 3:7, Job 15:34, Isaiah 49:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1565; TAHOT Job 30:3 word 3

הַֽעֹרְקִ֥יםha.'o.re.Kimthe [ones who] gnaw

Lemma: עָרַק (a.raq) · Strong's: H6207

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)

Meaning: to gnaw

Used 2 times. Also: Job 30:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6207; TAHOT Job 30:3 word 4

צִיָּ֑הtzi.Yaha dry region

Lemma: צִיָּה (tsiy.yah) · Strong's: H6723

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

Meaning: dryness

Used 16 times. Also: Job 24:19, Psalms 63:1, Psalms 78:17, Psalms 105:41, Psalms 107:35, Isaiah 35:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6723; TAHOT Job 30:3 word 5

אֶ֝֗מֶשׁ'E.meshyesterday of

Lemma: אֶ֫מֶשׁ (e.mesh) · Strong's: H0570

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

Meaning: last night

Used 5 times. Also: Genesis 19:34, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 31:42, 2 Kings 9:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0570; TAHOT Job 30:3 word 6

שׁוֹאָ֥הsho.'Ahruin

Lemma: שׁוֹאָה (sho.ah) · Strong's: H7722B

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

Meaning: devastation

Used 11 times. Also: Job 30:14, Job 38:27, Psalms 35:8, Psalms 63:9, Proverbs 3:25, Isaiah 10:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7722B; TAHOT Job 30:3 word 7

וּמְשֹׁאָֽה\׃u.me.sho.'Ahand desolation

Lemma: מְשׁוֹאָה (me.sho.ah) · Strong's: H4875

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

Meaning: desolation

Used 3 times. Also: Job 38:27, Zephaniah 1:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4875; TAHOT Job 30:3 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

Gaunt	→	גַּלְמוּד H1565 solitary
from poverty	→	חֶ֫סֶר H2639 poverty
and hunger	→	כָּפָן H3720 famine
they gnawed	→	עָרַק H6207 to gnaw
the dry land	→	צִיָּה H6723 dryness
and the desolate	→	שׁוֹאָה H7722B devastation
wasteland	→	מְשׁוֹאָה H4875 desolation
by night	→	אֶ֫מֶשׁ H0570 last night

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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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