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There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. (KJV)

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דּ֤וֹר\׀Dora generation

Lemma: דּוֹר (dor) · Strong's: H1755

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

Meaning: generation

Used 166 times. Also: Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 15:16, Genesis 17:7, Genesis 17:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1755; TAHOT Proverbs 30:14 word 1

חֲרָב֣וֹתcha.ra.Vot[are] swords

Lemma: חֶ֫רֶב (che.rev) · Strong's: H2719

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)

Meaning: sword

Used 412 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 27:40, Genesis 31:26, Genesis 34:25, Genesis 34:26, Genesis 48:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2719; TAHOT Proverbs 30:14 word 2

שִׁנָּיו֮shi.Navteeth its

Lemma: שֵׁן (shen) · Strong's: H8127G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)

Meaning: tooth

Used 40 times. Also: Genesis 49:12, Exodus 21:24, Exodus 21:27, Leviticus 24:20, Numbers 11:33, Deuteronomy 19:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8127G; TAHOT Proverbs 30:14 word 3

וּֽמַאֲכָל֪וֹתu.ma.'a.kha.Lotand [are] knives

Lemma: מַאֲכֶ֫לֶת (ma.a.khe.let) · Strong's: H3979

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)

Meaning: knife

Used 4 times. Also: Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:10, Judges 19:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3979; TAHOT Proverbs 30:14 word 4

מְֽתַלְּעֹ֫תָ֥יוme.ta.le.'O.Tavjaw bones its

Lemma: מְתַלְּעוֹת (me.tal.l.ah) · Strong's: H4973

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: jaw

Used 3 times. Also: Job 29:17, Joel 1:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4973; TAHOT Proverbs 30:14 word 5

לֶאֱכֹ֣לle.'e.Kholto devour

Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to eat

Used 806 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0398; TAHOT Proverbs 30:14 word 6

עֲנִיִּ֣ים'a.ni.Yimafflicted [people]

Lemma: עָנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H6041

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)

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 Proverbs 30:14 word 7

מֵאֶ֑רֶץme.'E.retzfrom [the] earth

Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G

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

Meaning: land: country/planet

Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Proverbs 30:14 word 8

וְ֝אֶבְיוֹנִ֗יםve.'ev.yo.Nimand needy [people]

Lemma: אֶבְיוֹן (ev.yon) · Strong's: H0034

Parsing: Aampa (Aampa)

Meaning: needy

Used 61 times. Also: Exodus 23:6, Exodus 23:11, Deuteronomy 15:4, Deuteronomy 15:7, Deuteronomy 15:9, Deuteronomy 15:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0034; TAHOT Proverbs 30:14 word 9

מֵאָדָֽם\׃\ \פme.'a.Damfrom humankind

Lemma: אָדָם (a.dam) · Strong's: H0120G

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

Meaning: man

Used 529 times. Also: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:27, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 6:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0120G; TAHOT Proverbs 30:14 word 10

How the BSB renders it

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

there is a generation	→	דּוֹר H1755 generation
whose teeth	→	שֵׁן H8127G tooth
are swords	→	חֶ֫רֶב H2719 sword
and whose jaws	→	מְתַלְּעוֹת H4973 jaw
are knives	→	מַאֲכֶ֫לֶת H3979 knife
devouring	→	אָכַל H0398 to eat
the oppressed	→	עָנִי H6041 afflicted
from the earth	→	אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet
and the needy	→	אֶבְיוֹן H0034 needy
from [among] men	→	אָדָם H0120G man

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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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