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Now there wasוַיְהִיa dayהַיּוֹםwhen his sonsוּבָנָיוand his daughtersוּבְנֹתָיוwere eatingאֹכְלִיםand drinkingוְשֹׁתִיםwineיַיִןin the houseבְּבֵיתof their brotherאֲחִיהֶםthe firstborn,הַבְּכוֹר
Job 1:13
Study it in the app“Now there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother the firstborn,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 1:13, word by word
- Now there wasיְהִיyehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appears- a dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- when his sonsבָנָיvanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanay” appears- and his daughtersבְנֹתָיvenotay
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venotay” appears- were eatingאֹכְלִיםochlim
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “ochlim” appears- and drinkingשֹׁתִיםshotim
drink
Drink.
Where else “shotim” appears- wineיַיִןyayin
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appears- in the houseבֵיתvet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vet” appears- of their brotherאֲחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- the firstbornבְּכוֹרbechor
firstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechor” appears
The context
12YHWH said to the Satan, “Look, all that he has is in your hand; only against him do not stretch out your hand.” And the Satan went out from the presence of YHWH.
13 · This verse (above)
14and a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the female donkeys grazing beside them,