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They pluckהַקֹּטְפִיםsalt herbמַלּוּחַbyעֲלֵיthe brush,שִׂיחַand the rootוְשֹׁרֶשׁof the broomרְתָמִיםis their bread.לַחְמָם
Job 30:4
Study it in the app“They pluck salt herb by the brush, and the root of the broom is their bread.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 30:4, word by word
- They pluckקֹּטְפִיםkotfim
pluck
Pluck: pick heads of grain or shoots by hand.
Where else “kotfim” appears- salt herbמַלּוּחַmaluach
salt herb, mallow
A salty plant that grows in dry places and that only the very poor eat. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 30:4).
Where else “maluach” appears- the brushשִׂיחַsiach
bush, shrub
Bush, wild plant.
Where else “siach” appears- and the rootשֹׁרֶשׁshoresh
root
The part of a plant under the ground that holds it up and feeds it.
Where else “shoresh” appears- of the broomרְתָמִיםretamim
broom tree
Broom tree: a desert shrub with long thin branches, which gives a little shade and whose root was used for firewood.
Where else “retamim” appears- is their breadחְמָchema
food
Everything eaten at the table, even if it is not bread.
Where else “chema” appears
The context
3Through want and famine they are barren; they gnaw the dry land, last night desolation and ruin.
4 · This verse (above)
5From the midst they are driven out; they shout at them as at a thief.