Job 21:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְשַׁלְּח֣וּ כַ֭צֹּאן עֲוִילֵיהֶ֑ם וְ֝יַלְדֵיהֶ֗ם יְרַקֵּדֽוּן׃

Transliteration

yəšalləḥû kaṣṣōʾn ʿăwîlêhem wə-yaldêhem yəraqqēdûn

Grammar Details

*yəšalləḥû*: Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they send out
*kaṣṣōʾn*: preposition + definite article + noun feminine singular - like the flock
*ʿăwîlêhem*: noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their young ones
*wə-yaldêhem*: conjunctive waw + noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and their children
*yəraqqēdûn*: Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they skip about/dance

Word Meanings

*šālaḥ*: to send/let go/stretch out
*ṣōʾn*: sheep/flock
*ʿăwîl*: young child/boy
*yeled*: child/boy/youth
*rāqad*: to skip/dance

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 107:41 : 41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
Ps 127:3-5 : 3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

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