KJV: He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
YLT: He findeth him in a land -- a desert, And in a void -- a howling wilderness, He turneth him round -- He causeth him to understand -- He keepeth him as the apple of His eye.
Darby: He found him in a desert land, And in the waste, howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he watched over him, He preserved him as the apple of his eye.
ASV: He found him in a desert land, And in the waste howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he cared for him, He kept him as the apple of his eye.
| יִמְצָאֵ֙הוּ֙ | He found him |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular Root: מָצָא Sense: to find, attain to. |
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| בְּאֶ֣רֶץ | in a land |
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Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular Root: אֶרֶץ Sense: land, earth. |
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| מִדְבָּ֔ר | desert |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: מִדְבָּר Sense: wilderness. |
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| וּבְתֹ֖הוּ | and in the wasteland |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular Root: תֹּהוּ Sense: formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness. |
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| יְלֵ֣ל | howling |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: יְלֵל Sense: a howling (of beasts). |
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| יְשִׁמֹ֑ן | a wilderness |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: יְשִׁימֹון Sense: waste, wilderness, desert, desolate place. |
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| יְסֹֽבְבֶ֙נְהוּ֙ | He encircled him |
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Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular Root: סָבַב Sense: to turn, turn about or around or aside or back or towards, go about or arou nd, surround, encircle, change direction. |
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| יְב֣וֹנְנֵ֔הוּ | He instructed him |
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Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular Root: בִּין Sense: to discern, understand, consider. |
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| יִצְּרֶ֖נְהוּ | He kept him |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular Root: נְצוּרִים Sense: to guard, watch, watch over, keep. |
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| כְּאִישׁ֥וֹן | as the apple |
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Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: אִישֹׁון Sense: pupil of the eye. |
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| עֵינֽוֹ | of His eye |
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Parse: Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: עֹונָה Sense: eye. |
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