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Look,הֵןlike wild donkeysפְּרָאִיםin the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּרthey go outיָצְאוּto their work,בְּפָעֳלָםseekingמְשַׁחֲרֵיprey;לַטָּרֶףthe steppeעֲרָבָהyields themלוֹbreadלֶחֶםfor the boys.לַנְּעָרִים
Job 24:5
Study it in the app“Look, like wild donkeys in the wilderness they go out to their work, seeking prey; the steppe yields them bread for the boys.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 24:5, word by word
- like wild donkeysפְּרָאִיםperaim
wild donkey
Wild donkey of the desert: a free animal no one tames. The image speaks of someone independent.
Where else “peraim” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- they go outיָצְאוּyatsu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsu” appears- to their workפָעֳלָfaola
deed
What someone does; what God accomplishes.
Where else “faola” appears- seekingמְשַׁחֲרֵיmeshachare
seek early, seek diligently
To seek earnestly, from early on. It comes from the word "dawn": to rise early to look for something.
Where else “meshachare” appears- preyטָּרֶףtaref
prey
What the beast hunts and devours.
Where else “taref” appears- the steppeעֲרָבָהarava
plain
Flat, dry land, where there is almost no water.
Where else “arava” appears- breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- for the boysנְּעָרִיםnearim
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “nearim” appears
The context
4They push the needy off the road; together the humble of the land hide themselves.
5 · This verse (above)
6In the field they reap his fodder, and the vineyard of the wicked they glean.