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His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them . (KJV)

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יִרְחֲק֣וּyir.cha.Kuthey are distant

Lemma: רָחַק (ra.chaq) · Strong's: H7368

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

Meaning: to remove

Used 57 times. Also: Genesis 21:16, Genesis 44:4, Exodus 8:28, Exodus 23:7, Exodus 33:7, Deuteronomy 12:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7368; TAHOT Job 5:4 word 1

בָנָ֣יוva.Navchildren his

Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: son: child

Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Job 5:4 word 2

מִיֶּ֑שַׁעmi.Ye.sha'from safety

Lemma: יֵ֫שַׁע (ye.sah) · Strong's: H3468

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

Meaning: salvation

Used 36 times. Also: 2 Samuel 22:3, 2 Samuel 22:36, 2 Samuel 22:47, 2 Samuel 23:5, 1 Chronicles 16:35, Job 5:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3468; TAHOT Job 5:4 word 3

וְיִֽדַּכְּא֥וּve.yid.da.ke.'Uso they may be crushed

Lemma: דָּכָא (da.kah) · Strong's: H1792

Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVtu3mp)

Meaning: to crush

Used 18 times. Also: Job 4:19, Job 6:9, Job 19:2, Job 22:9, Job 34:25, Psalms 72:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1792; TAHOT Job 5:4 word 4

בַ֝שַּׁ֗עַרva.Sha.'arin the gate

Lemma: שַׁ֫עַר (sha.ar) · Strong's: H8179G

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

Meaning: gate

Used 347 times. Also: Genesis 19:1, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:18, Genesis 24:60, Genesis 28:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8179G; TAHOT Job 5:4 word 5

וְאֵ֣יןve.'Einand there not

Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369

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

Meaning: nothing

Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Job 5:4 word 6

מַצִּֽיל\׃ma.Tzil[is] a deliverer

Lemma: נָצַל (na.tsal) · Strong's: H5337

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrmsa)

Meaning: to rescue

Used 213 times. Also: Genesis 31:9, Genesis 31:16, Genesis 32:11, Genesis 32:30, Genesis 37:21, Genesis 37:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5337; TAHOT Job 5:4 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

His sons	→	בֵּן H1121A son: child
are far	→	רָחַק H7368 to remove
from safety	→	יֵ֫שַׁע H3468 salvation
crushed	→	דָּכָא H1792 to crush
in court	→	שַׁ֫עַר H8179G gate
without	→	אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing
a defender	→	נָצַל H5337 to rescue

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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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