She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.Job 39:16
Original language and places
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Original language (Hebrew)
הִקְשִׁ֣יחַ בָּנֶ֣יהָ לְּלֹא־לָ֑הּ לְרִ֖יק יְגִיעָ֣הּ בְּלִי־פָֽחַד׃
- הִקְשִׁ֣יחַhik.Shi.ach“it treats roughly”Verb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from קָשַׁח · “to harden” · Strong's H7188
- בָּנֶ֣יהָba.Nei.ha“young its”Noun, masculine, plural, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from בֵּן · “son” · Strong's H1121H
- לְּלֹא־le.lo'-“to not”Preposition + Particle, negative · from לֹא · “not” · Strong's H3808
- לָ֑הּLah“[belonging] to it”Preposition + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from Os3f · “her” · Strong's H9034
- לְרִ֖יקle.Rik“[is] to emptiness”Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from רִיק · “vain” · Strong's H7385
- יְגִיעָ֣הּye.gi.'Ah“labor its”Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from יְגִיעַ · “toil” · Strong's H3018
- בְּלִי־be.li-“not”Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from בְּלִי · “without” · Strong's H1097
- פָֽחַד׃Fa.chad“fear”Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from פַּ֫חַד · “dread” · Strong's H6343
- Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)