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and Shebaשְׁבָאfell on themוַתִּפֹּלand took them,וַתִּקָּחֵםand the young menוְאֶת הַנְּעָרִיםthey struckהִכּוּwith the edgeלְפִיof the sword,חָרֶבand I escaped,וָאִמָּלְטָהonlyרַקI,אֲנִיI alone,לְבַדִּיto tell you.”לְהַגִּיד לָךְ
Job 1:15
Study it in the app“and 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 1:15, word by word
- and Shebaשְׁבָאsheva
Sheba
Sheba, the name of several men and of a region in southern Arabia known for its trade (the queen of Sheba, 1 Kings 10).
Where else “sheva” appears- fell on themתִּפֹּלtipol
desert
To fall upon someone, or desert to the enemy.
Where else “tipol” appears- and took themתִּקָּחֵtikache
seize
To take away, seize.
Where else “tikache” appears- and the young menנְּעָרִיםnearim
young servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “nearim” appears- they struckהִכּוּhiku
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “hiku” appears- with the edgeפִיfi
edge
Literally "the mouth of the sword": the part that cuts.
Where else “fi” appears- of the swordחָרֶבcharev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charev” appears- and I escapedאִמָּלְטָimalta
escape
To flee from a danger or an enemy and get to safety.
Where else “imalta” appears- I aloneבַדִּvadi
alone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vadi” appears- to tell youהַגִּידhagid
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “hagid” appears
The context
14and a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the female donkeys grazing beside them,
15 · This verse (above)
16This one was still speaking when another came and said, “The fire of Elohim fell from the heavens and burned up the sheep and the young men and consumed them, and I escaped, only I, I alone, to tell you.”