This oneזֶהwas stillעוֹדspeakingמְדַבֵּרwhen anotherוְזֶהcameבָּאand said,וַיֹּאמַר“The fireאֵשׁof Elohimאֱלֹהִיםfellנָפְלָהfromמִןthe heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםand burned upוַתִּבְעַרthe sheepבַּצֹּאןand the young menוּבַנְּעָרִיםand consumed them,וַתֹּאכְלֵםand I escaped,וָאִמָּלְטָהonlyרַקI,אֲנִיI alone,לְבַדִּיto tell you.”לְהַגִּיד לָךְ
Job 1:16
Study it in the app“This 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 1:16, word by word
- speakingמְדַבֵּרmedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “medaber” appears- cameבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” 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 fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- fellנָפְלָהnafla
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “nafla” appears- the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- and burned upתִּבְעַרtivar
burn
For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.
Where else “tivar” appears- the sheepצֹּאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- and the young menנְּעָרִיםnearim
young servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “nearim” appears- and consumed themתֹּאכְלֵtochle
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “tochle” 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
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.”
16 · This verse (above)
17This one was still speaking when another came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels 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.”