Job 1:17

“This 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.””

Job 1:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 1:17, word by word

speakingמְדַבֵּרmedaber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

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cameבָּאba

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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and saidיֹּאמַרyomar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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“The Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkasdim

Chaldean

The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.

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formedשָׂמוּsamu

put

To put something somewhere.

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threeשְׁלֹשָׁהshelosha

three

A quantity of three: three persons or things together.

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bandsרָאשִׁיםrashim

chief

Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.

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and made a raidיִּפְשְׁטוּyifshtu

raid

To make a raid.

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the camelsגְּמַלִּיםgemalim

camel

Camel.

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and took themיִּקָּחוּyikachu

seize

To take away, seize.

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and the young menנְּעָרִיםnearim

young servant

A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.

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they struckהִכּוּhiku

strike dead

To strike dead, kill.

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with the edgeפִיfi

edge

Literally "the mouth of the sword": the part that cuts.

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of the swordחָרֶבcharev

sword

A sword; or war.

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and I escapedאִמָּלְטָimalta

escape

To flee from a danger or an enemy and get to safety.

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I aloneבַדִּvadi

alone

One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.

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to tell youהַגִּידhagid

tell

To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.

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The context

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.”

17 · This verse (above)

18This one was still speaking when another came and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother the firstborn,

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