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וְרָעוּ֙veravand companionרָעָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and companion”, a completed action in a sequenceH7462to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)[idiom] break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, [phrase] shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.בְּכוֹרֵ֣יbekhorefirstbornבְּכוֹרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “firstborn”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1060firstborn; hence, chiefeldest (son), firstborn(-ling).דַלִּ֔יםdalimleanדַּלadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “lean”, the ordinary formH1800properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thinlean, needy, poor (man), weaker.וְאֶבְיוֹנִ֖יםveevyonimand beggarאֶבְיוֹןconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “and beggar”, the ordinary formH34destitutebeggar, needy, poor (man).לָבֶ֣טַחlavetachto assuranceבֶּטַחpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to assurance”, the ordinary formH983properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safelyassurance, boldly, (without) care(-less), confidence, hope, safe(-ly, -ty), secure, surely.יִרְבָּ֑צוּyirbatsvcrouchרָבַץverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “crouch”, an unfinished actionH7257to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); be implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbedcrouch (down), fall down, make a fold, lay, (cause to, make to) lie (down), make to rest, sit.וְהֵמַתִּ֤יvehematiand dieמוּתconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and die”, a completed action in a sequenceH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…בָֽרָעָב֙varaavin hungerרָעָבpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in hunger”, the ordinary formH7458hunger (more or less extensive)dearth, famine, [phrase] famished, hunger.שָׁרְשֵׁ֔ךְshareshekherootשֶׁרֶשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “root”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8328a root (literally or figuratively)bottom, deep, heel, root.וּשְׁאֵרִיתֵ֖ךְusheeritekheand that had escapedשְׁאֵרִיתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “and that had escaped”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7611a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portionthat had escaped, be left, posterity, remain(-der), remnant, residue, rest.יַהֲרֹֽגyaharogdestroyהָרַגverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “destroy”, an unfinished actionH2026to smite with deadly intentdestroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), [idiom] surely.
Jewish translation (JPS 1917)
And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.
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American Standard Version (1901)
And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.
Young’s Literal Translation
And delighted have the first-born of the poor, And the needy in confidence lie down, And I have put to death with famine thy root, And thy remnant it slayeth.
World English Bible
The firstborn of the poor will eat, and the needy will lie down in safety; and I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant will be killed.
Darby Translation
And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; but I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.
Douay-Rheims
And the firstborn of the poor shall be fed, and the poor shall rest with confidence: and I will make thy root perish with famine, and I will kill thy remnant.
Jewish Publication Society (1917)
And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.
Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English
And the poor shall be fed by him, and poor men shall rest in peace: but he shall destroy thy seed with hunger, and shall destroy thy remnant.
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