Job

Job 29:16

¹⁶I was a father to the needy,

and I took up the case of the stranger.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I	אָ֭נֹכִֽי	’ā·nō·ḵî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H595 I
was a father	אָ֣ב	’āḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H1 father
to the needy	לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִ֑ים	lā·’eḇ·yō·w·nîm	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H34 in want, needy, poor
and I took up	אֶחְקְרֵֽהוּ׃	’eḥ·qə·rê·hū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine singular	H2713 search
the case	וְרִ֖ב	wə·riḇ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H7379 strife, dispute
of the stranger	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.