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They seizeיִגְזְלוּthe orphanיָתוֹםfrom the breast,מִשֹּׁדand againstוְעַלthe poorעָנִיthey take pledges.יַחְבֹּלוּ
Job 24:9
Study it in the app“They seize the orphan from the breast, and against the poor they take pledges.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 24:9, word by word
- They seizeיִגְזְלוּyigzlu
seize, rob
Take by force, rob, tear away.
Where else “yigzlu” appears- the orphanיָתוֹםyatom
fatherless
Orphan; above all one who has lost his father.
Where else “yatom” appears- from the breastשֹּׁדshod
breasts
Breasts (of a nursing mother).
Where else “shod” appears- and againstעַלal
nursing child
A nursing child, an infant at the breast.
Where else “al” appears- the poorעָנִיani
poor, afflicted
Poor, afflicted: one who suffers need and has no one to defend him; also humble.
Where else “ani” appears- they take pledgesיַחְבֹּלוּyachbolu
take in pledge
To hold something until a debt is paid.
Where else “yachbolu” appears
The context
8With the downpour of the mountains they are drenched, and for lack of refuge they hug the rock.
9 · This verse (above)
10Naked they go about without clothing, and hungry, they carry the sheaf.