Job

Job 39:14–16

¹⁴For she leaves her eggs on the ground

and lets them warm in the sand.

¹⁵She forgets that a foot may crush them,

or a wild animal may trample them.

¹⁶She treats her young harshly, as if not her own,

with no concern that her labor was in vain.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
she leaves	תַעֲזֹ֣ב	ṯa·‘ă·zōḇ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H5800 leave, forsake, loose
her eggs	בֵּצֶ֑יהָ	bê·ṣe·hā	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H1000 egg
on the ground	לָאָ֣רֶץ	lā·’ā·reṣ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
and lets them warm	תְּחַמֵּֽם׃	tə·ḥam·mêm	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H2552 be or become warm
in	וְֽעַל־	wə·‘al-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5921 height
the sand	עָפָ֥ר	‘ā·p̄ār	Noun - masculine singular	H6083 dry earth, dust

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
She forgets	וַ֭תִּשְׁכַּח	wat·tiš·kaḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7911 forget
that	כִּי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
a foot	רֶ֣גֶל	re·ḡel	Noun - feminine singular	H7272 foot
may crush them	תְּזוּרֶ֑הָ	tə·zū·re·hā	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular; third person feminine singular	H2115 press down and out
or a wild	הַשָּׂדֶ֣ה	haś·śā·ḏeh	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7704 id.
animal	וְחַיַּ֖ת	wə·ḥay·yaṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct	H2416 alive, living
may trample them	תְּדוּשֶֽׁהָ׃	tə·ḏū·še·hā	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular; third person feminine singular	H1758 tread, thresh

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
She treats her young	בָּנֶ֣יהָ	bā·ne·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H1121 son
harshly	הִקְשִׁ֣יחַ	hiq·šî·aḥ	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7188 make hard
as if not	לְּלֹא־	lə·lō-	Preposition-l; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
her own	לָ֑הּ	lāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular
with no	בְּלִי־	bə·lî-	Adverb	H1097 wearing out
concern	פָֽחַד׃	p̄ā·ḥaḏ	Noun - masculine singular	H6343 dread
that her labor	יְגִיעָ֣הּ	yə·ḡî·‘āh	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H3018 toil, product
was in vain	לְרִ֖יק	lə·rîq	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H7385 emptiness, vanity

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Job 39:16 Lamentations 4:3

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.