Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThey 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 pluckedהַקֹּטְפִ֣ים (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 |