Job 30:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.

Young's Literal Translation
Those cropping mallows near a shrub, And broom-roots [is] their food.

King James Bible
Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots [for] their meat.

Hebrew
They plucked
הַקֹּטְפִ֣ים (haq·qō·ṭə·p̄îm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 6998: To pluck off or out

mallow
מַלּ֣וּחַ (mal·lū·aḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4408: Sea-purslain

among
עֲלֵי־ (‘ă·lê-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the shrubs,
שִׂ֑יחַ (śî·aḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7880: A bush, shrub, plant

and the roots
וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ (wə·šō·reš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8328: A root

of the broom tree
רְתָמִ֣ים (rə·ṯā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 7574: Broom plant, retem

were their food.
לַחְמָֽם׃ (laḥ·mām)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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