Jeremiah

Jeremiah 49:9

⁹If grape gatherers came to you,

would they not leave some gleanings?

Were thieves to come in the night,

would they not steal only what they wanted?

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
grape gatherers	בֹּֽצְרִים֙	bō·ṣə·rîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H1219 cut off, make inaccessible
came	בָּ֣אוּ	bā·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to you	לָ֔ךְ	lāḵ	Preposition; second person feminine singular
would they not	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
leave	יַשְׁאִ֖רוּ	yaš·’i·rū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7604 remain, be left over
some gleanings	עֽוֹלֵל֑וֹת	‘ō·w·lê·lō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H5955 gleanings, gleaning-time
Were thieves	גַּנָּבִ֥ים	gan·nā·ḇîm	Noun - masculine plural	H1590 thief
to come in the night	בַּלַּ֖יְלָה	bal·lay·lāh	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3915 twist, night, adversity
would they not steal	הִשְׁחִ֥יתוּ	hiš·ḥî·ṯū	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural	H7843 go to ruin (?)
only what they wanted	דַיָּֽם׃	ḏay·yām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H1767 sufficiency, enough

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.