Psalms 109:10

“And let his sons wander about and beg, and let them seek from their ruins.”

Psalms 109:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Psalms 109:10, word by word

And let his sonsבָנָיvanay

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “vanay” appears
wander aboutנוֹעַnoa

wander

To go from place to place with no fixed home, like an outcast.

Where else “noa” appears
and begשִׁאֵלוּshielu

ask for

To ask for something, or borrow.

Where else “shielu” appears
and let them seekדָרְשׁוּdarshu

seek

To pursue something earnestly, or care for it.

Where else “darshu” appears
from their ruinsחָרְבוֹתֵיcharvote

ruin, desolate place

A ruin, a destroyed and deserted place.

Where else “charvote” appears

Translation note

“Let them seek from their ruins”: to seek their living by going out from their ruined houses.

The context

9Let his sons be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

10 · This verse (above)

11Let the creditor lay snares for all that he has, and let strangers plunder his toil.

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