Job

Job 5:16

¹⁶So the poor have hope,

and injustice shuts its mouth.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So the poor	לַדַּ֣ל	lad·dal	Preposition-l, Article; Adjective - masculine singular construct	H1800 low, weak, poor, thin
have	וַתְּהִ֣י	wat·tə·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
hope	תִּקְוָ֑ה	tiq·wāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8615 cord
and injustice	וְ֝עֹלָ֗תָה	wə·‘ō·lā·ṯāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular; third person feminine singular	H5766 injustice, unrighteousness
shuts	קָ֣פְצָה	qā·p̄ə·ṣāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H7092 draw together, shut
its mouth	פִּֽיהָ׃	pî·hā	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H6310 mouth

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.