KJV: And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
YLT: And wild asses have stood on high places, They have swallowed up wind like dragons, Consumed have been their eyes, for there is no herb.
Darby: And the wild asses stand on the heights, they snuff up the wind like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
ASV: And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
וּפְרָאִים֙ | And the wild donkeys |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural Root: פֶּרֶא Sense: wild ass. |
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עָמְד֣וּ | stood |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: עָמַד Sense: to stand, remain, endure, take one’s stand. |
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שְׁפָיִ֔ם | the desolate heights |
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: שְׁפִי Sense: bareness, smooth or bare height, bare place, high places, barren height. |
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שָׁאֲפ֥וּ | they sniffed at |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: שָׁאַף Sense: to gasp, pant, pant after, long for, breathe heavily. |
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ר֖וּחַ | the wind |
Parse: Noun, common singular Root: רוּחַ Sense: wind, breath, mind, spirit. |
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כַּתַּנִּ֑ים | like jackals |
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, common plural Root: תַּנִּין Sense: dragon, serpent, sea monster. |
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כָּל֥וּ | failed |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: כָּלָה Sense: to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent. |
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עֵינֵיהֶ֖ם | their eyes |
Parse: Noun, cdc, third person masculine plural Root: עֹונָה Sense: eye. |
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כִּי־ | because |
Parse: Conjunction Root: כִּי Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since. |
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אֵ֥ין | [there was] no |
Parse: Adverb Root: אַיִן Sense: nothing, not, nought n. |
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עֵֽשֶׂב | grass |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: עֵשֶׂב Sense: herb, herbage, grass, green plants. |