Job 30:4

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For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.	Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.	They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Who cut up^H6998 mallows^H4408 by the bushes^H7880, and juniper^H7574 roots^H8328 for their meat^H3899.

Original Hebrew

הַקֹּטְפִים מַלּוּחַ עֲלֵי־שִׂיחַ וְשֹׁרֶשׁ רְתָמִים לַחְמָם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
הַ/קֹּטְפִ֣ים	ha./ko.te.Fim	H6998	HTd/Vqrmpa	those/ (who) pluck off
מַלּ֣וּחַ	ma.Lu.ach	H4408	HNcmsa	mallow
עֲלֵי	'a.lei-	H5921	HR	on
שִׂ֑יחַ	Si.ach	H7880	HNcmsa	bush(es)
וְ/שֹׁ֖רֶשׁ	ve./Sho.resh	H8328	HC/Ncmsc	and/ (the) root of
רְתָמִ֣ים	re.ta.Mim	H7574	HNcmpa	broom plants
לַ/חְמָֽ/ם	lach.Ma/m	H3899	HR/Vqc/Sp3mp	(for) food/ their

Strong's References

H3899 — לֶחֶם (lechem, lekh'-em): from לָחַם (lâcham) H3898; See also בֵּית לְעַפְרָה (Bêyth lᵉ-ʻAphrâh) H1036; food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it); (shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
H4408 — מַלּוּחַ (mallûwach, mal-loo'-akh): from מָלַח (mâlach) H4414; sea-purslain (from its saltness); mallows.
H6998 — קָטַף (qâṭaph, kaw-taf'): a primitive root; to strip off; crop off, cut down (up), pluck.
H7574 — רֶתֶם (rethem, reh'-them): or רֹתֶם (rôthem); from רָתַם (râtham) H7573; the Spanish broom (from its pole-like stems); juniper (tree).
H7880 — שִׂיחַ (sîyach, see'-akh): from שִׂיחַ (sîyach) H7878; a shoot (as if uttered or put forth), i.e. (generally) shrubbery; bush, plant, shrub.
H8328 — שֶׁרֶשׁ (sheresh, sheh'-resh): from שָׁרַשׁ (shârash) H8327; a root (literally or figuratively); bottom, deep, heel, root.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל (ʻal) H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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