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Through wantבְּחֶסֶרand famineוּבְכָפָןthey are barren;גַּלְמוּדthey gnawהַעֹרְקִיםthe dry land,צִיָּהlast nightאֶמֶשׁdesolationשׁוֹאָהand ruin.וּמְשֹׁאָה
Job 30:3
Study it in the app“Through want and famine they are barren; they gnaw the dry land, last night desolation and ruin.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 30:3, word by word
- Through wantחֶסֶרcheser
want, need
Want, lack of what is needed.
Where else “cheser” appears- and famineכָפָןchafan
famine, hunger
Famine, hunger that bends a person double with emptiness and pain.
Where else “chafan” appears- they are barrenגַּלְמוּדgalmud
barren, desolate
Barren, bearing no fruit or life; also desolate, alone.
Where else “galmud” appears- they gnawעֹרְקִיםorkim
gnaw
To gnaw; also, what gnaws: a pain that does not stop.
Where else “orkim” appears- the dry landצִיָּהtsiya
drought, dry land
Dryness; dry land, desert.
Where else “tsiya” appears- last nightאֶמֶשׁemesh
last night
Last night; yesterday.
Where else “emesh” appears- desolationשׁוֹאָהshoa
ruin
A sudden disaster.
Where else “shoa” appears- and ruinמְשֹׁאָהmeshoa
ruin, devastation
Ruin, a devastated place.
Where else “meshoa” appears
Translation note
The last line is uncertain in meaning; it describes a desolate place.
The context
2Even the strength of their hands, what use was it to me? In them full maturity had perished.
3 · This verse (above)
4They pluck salt herb by the brush, and the root of the broom is their bread.