Job

Job 24:14

¹⁴When daylight is gone, the murderer rises

to kill the poor and needy;

in the night he is like a thief.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When daylight	לָא֡וֹר	lā·’ō·wr	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - common singular	H216 light
the murderer	רוֹצֵ֗חַ	rō·w·ṣê·aḥ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H7523 murder, slay
rises	יָ֘ק֤וּם	yā·qūm	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6965 arise, stand up, stand
to kill	יִֽקְטָל־	yiq·ṭāl-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6991 slay
the poor	עָנִ֥י	‘ā·nî	Adjective - masculine singular	H6041 poor, afflicted, humble, meek
and needy	וְאֶבְי֑וֹן	wə·’eḇ·yō·wn	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine singular	H34 in want, needy, poor
in the night	וּ֝בַלַּ֗יְלָה	ū·ḇal·lay·lāh	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3915 twist, night, adversity
he is	יְהִ֣י	yə·hî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
like a thief	כַגַּנָּֽב׃	ḵag·gan·nāḇ	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1590 thief

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.