Job 24:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִ֭גְזְלוּ מִשֹּׁ֣ד יָת֑וֹם וְֽעַל־עָנִ֥י יַחְבֹּֽלוּ

Transliteration

They yigzəlû mišōd yātôm wəʿal-ʿānî yaḥbōlû

Grammar Details

*yigzəlû*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - 'they seize/tear away'
*mišōd*: preposition *min* + noun masculine singular - 'from breast'
*yātôm*: noun masculine singular - 'orphan/fatherless'
*wəʿal-ʿānî*: conjunction *wə* + preposition *ʿal* + noun masculine singular - 'and against poor'
*yaḥbōlû*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - 'they take pledge'

Word Meanings

*yigzəlû*: seize/tear away/plunder
*mišōd*: from breast/from mother's care
*yātôm*: orphan/fatherless child
*ʿānî*: poor/afflicted/humble person
*yaḥbōlû*: take pledge/take as security/take in debt

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 4:1 : 1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
Neh 5:5 : 5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.

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