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and a messengerוּמַלְאָךְcameבָּאtoאֶלJobאִיּוֹבand said,וַיֹּאמַר“The oxenהַבָּקָרwereהָיוּplowingחֹרְשׁוֹתand the female donkeysוְהָאֲתֹנוֹתgrazingרֹעוֹתbeside them,עַל יְדֵיהֶם
Job 1:14
Study it in the app“and a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the female donkeys grazing beside them,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 1:14, word by word
- and a messengerמַלְאָךְmalach
messenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malach” appears- cameבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- Jobאִיּוֹבiyov
Job
Job: the man of the land of Uz, blameless and upright, whose story of suffering and of questions to God is told in the book that bears his name. Ezekiel 14:14 and James 5:11 also mention him.
Where else “iyov” appears- and saidיֹּאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- “The oxenבָּקָרbakar
cattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “bakar” appears- wereהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- plowingחֹרְשׁוֹתchorshot
plow
To drive the plow, opening furrows in the soil.
Where else “chorshot” appears- and the female donkeysאֲתֹנוֹתatonot
female donkey
Female donkey.
Where else “atonot” appears- grazingרֹעוֹתroot
graze
To tend a flock, or eat grass.
Where else “root” appears- beside themיְדֵיyede
beside
Literally "the hand": the side or edge of something.
Where else “yede” appears
The context
13Now there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother the firstborn,
14 · This verse (above)
15and Sheba fell on them and took them, and the young men they struck with the edge of the sword, and I escaped, only I, I alone, to tell you.”