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Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat. (KJV)

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הַקֹּטְפִ֣יםha.ko.te.Fimthose [who] pluck off

Lemma: קָטַף (qa.taph) · Strong's: H6998

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

Meaning: to pluck

Used 5 times. Also: Deuteronomy 23:25, Job 8:12, Ezekiel 17:4, Ezekiel 17:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6998; TAHOT Job 30:4 word 1

מַלּ֣וּחַma.Lu.achmallow

Lemma: מַלּוּחַ (mal.lu.ach) · Strong's: H4408

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

Meaning: mallow

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4408; TAHOT Job 30:4 word 2

עֲלֵי\־'a.lei-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 30:4 word 3

שִׂ֑יחַSi.achbush[es]

Lemma: שִׂיחַ (si.ach) · Strong's: H7880

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

Meaning: bush

Used 4 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 21:15, Job 30:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7880; TAHOT Job 30:4 word 4

וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁve.Sho.reshand [the] root of

Lemma: שֹׁ֫רֶשׁ (she.resh) · Strong's: H8328

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

Meaning: root

Used 33 times. Also: Deuteronomy 29:18, Judges 5:14, 2 Kings 19:30, Job 8:17, Job 13:27, Job 14:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8328; TAHOT Job 30:4 word 5

רְתָמִ֣יםre.ta.Mimbroom plants

Lemma: רֹ֫תֶם (re.tem) · Strong's: H7574

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: broom

Used 4 times. Also: 1 Kings 19:4, 1 Kings 19:5, Psalms 120:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7574; TAHOT Job 30:4 word 6

לַחְמָֽם\׃lach.Mam[for] food their

Lemma: לֶ֫חֶם (le.chem) · Strong's: H3899G

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

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 30:4 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

They plucked	→	קָטַף H6998 to pluck
mallow	→	מַלּוּחַ H4408 mallow
among	→	עַל H5921A upon
the shrubs	→	שִׂיחַ H7880 bush
and the roots	→	שֹׁ֫רֶשׁ H8328 root
of the broom tree	→	רֹ֫תֶם H7574 broom
were their food	→	לֶ֫חֶם H3899G food

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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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