Job 24:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

[ So that] they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עָר֣וֹם הִ֭לְּכוּ בְּלִ֣י לְב֑וּשׁ וּ֝רְעֵבִ֗ים נָ֣שְׂאוּ עֹֽמֶר

Transliteration

ʿārôm hillḵû bəlî ləbûš ûrəʿēbîm nāśəʾû ʿōmer

Grammar Details

*ʿārôm*: adjective masculine singular - 'naked'
*hillḵû*: piel perfect 3rd person common plural - 'they go/walk'
*bəlî*: adverb - 'without'
*ləbûš*: noun masculine singular - 'clothing'
*ûrəʿēbîm*: conjunction *û* + adjective masculine plural - 'and hungry'
*nāśəʾû*: qal perfect 3rd person common plural - 'they carry/bear'
*ʿōmer*: noun masculine singular - 'sheaf'

Word Meanings

*ʿārôm*: naked/bare
*hillḵû*: go/walk/proceed
*ləbûš*: clothing/garment
*rəʿēbîm*: hungry/famished
*nāśəʾû*: carry/bear/lift
*ʿōmer*: sheaf/bundle of grain

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Amos 2:7-8 : 7 they that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father go unto the [same] maiden, to profane my holy name: 8 and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.
Amos 5:11-12 : 11 Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof. 12 For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins— ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right].
Deut 24:19 : 19 When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands.

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