And let his sonsבָנָיוwander aboutוְנוֹעַ יָנוּעוּand beg,וְשִׁאֵלוּand let them seekוְדָרְשׁוּfrom their ruins.מֵחָרְבוֹתֵיהֶם
Psalms 109:10
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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.