Proverbs

Proverbs 30:14

¹⁴there is a generation whose teeth are swords

and whose jaws are knives,

devouring the oppressed from the earth

and the needy from among men.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
there is a generation	דּ֤וֹר׀	dō·wr	Noun - masculine singular	H1755 period, generation, dwelling
whose teeth	שִׁנָּיו֮	šin·nāw	Noun - cdc; third person masculine singular	H8127 tooth, ivory
are swords	חֲרָב֣וֹת	ḥă·rā·ḇō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H2719 sword
and whose jaws	מְֽתַלְּעֹ֫תָ֥יו	mə·ṯal·lə·‘ō·ṯāw	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H4973 biter, tooth
are knives	וּֽמַאֲכָל֪וֹת	ū·ma·’ă·ḵā·lō·wṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural	H3979 knife
devouring	לֶאֱכֹ֣ל	le·’ĕ·ḵōl	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H398 eat
the oppressed	עֲנִיִּ֣ים	‘ă·nî·yîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H6041 poor, afflicted, humble, meek
from the earth	מֵאֶ֑רֶץ	mê·’e·reṣ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
and the needy	וְ֝אֶבְיוֹנִ֗ים	wə·’eḇ·yō·w·nîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H34 in want, needy, poor
from	מֵאָדָֽם׃פ	mê·’ā·ḏām	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.