ifאִםhis sonsבָנָיוmultiply,יִרְבּוּit is forלְמוֹthe sword;חָרֶבand his offshootsוְצֶאֱצָאָיוwill notלֹאbe satisfiedיִשְׂבְּעוּwith bread.לָחֶם
Job 27:14
Study it in the app“if his sons multiply, it is for the sword; and his offshoots will not be satisfied with bread.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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Job 27:14, word by word
- his sonsבָנָיvanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanay” appears- multiplyיִרְבּוּyirbu
multiply
To grow in number.
Where else “yirbu” appears- it is forלְמוֹlemo
to, for
A poetic form of the preposition "to," "for."
Where else “lemo” appears- the swordחָרֶבcharev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charev” appears- and his offshootsצֶאֱצָאָיtseetsaay
offspring
Children and descendants.
Where else “tseetsaay” appears- be satisfiedיִשְׂבְּעוּyisbu
be satisfied
To eat until one wants no more.
Where else “yisbu” appears- with breadלָחֶםlachem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lachem” appears
The context
13This is the portion of a wicked human being with El, and the inheritance that tyrants receive from Shaddai:
14 · This verse (above)
15His survivors will be buried by death, and his widows will not weep.