Job

Job 30:4

⁴They plucked mallow among the shrubs,

and the roots of the broom tree were their food.^a

Footnotes

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They plucked	הַקֹּטְפִ֣ים	haq·qō·ṭə·p̄îm	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H6998 pluck off
mallow	מַלּ֣וּחַ	mal·lū·aḥ	Noun - masculine singular	H4408 mallow
among	עֲלֵי־	‘ă·lê-	Preposition	H5921 height
the shrubs	שִׂ֑יחַ	śî·aḥ	Noun - masculine singular	H7880 bush, shrub, plant
and the roots	וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ	wə·šō·reš	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H8328 root
of the broom tree	רְתָמִ֣ים	rə·ṯā·mîm	Noun - masculine plural	H7574 broom-plant, retem
were their food	לַחְמָֽם׃	laḥ·mām	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine plural	H3899 bread, food

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.