KJV: Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
YLT: Those cropping mallows near a shrub, And broom-roots is their food.
Darby: They gather the salt-wort among the bushes, and the roots of the broom for their food.
ASV: They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; And the roots of the broom are their food.
הַקֹּטְפִ֣ים | Who pluck |
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural Root: קָטַף Sense: to pluck off or out, cut off. |
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מַלּ֣וּחַ | mallow |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: מַלּוּחַ Sense: mallow. |
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שִׂ֑יחַ | the bushes |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: שִׂיחַ Sense: bush, plant, shrub. |
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וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ | and roots [for] |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: שֹׁרֶשׁ Sense: root. |
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רְתָמִ֣ים | broom tree |
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: רֹתֶם Sense: broom-plant, retem. |
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לַחְמָֽם | their food |
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person masculine plural Root: לֶחֶם Sense: bread, food, grain. |