This oneזֶהwas stillעוֹדspeakingמְדַבֵּרwhen anotherוְזֶהcameבָּאand said,וַיֹּאמַר“The Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםformedשָׂמוּthreeשְׁלֹשָׁהbandsרָאשִׁיםand made a raidוַיִּפְשְׁטוּonעַלthe camelsהַגְּמַלִּיםand took them,וַיִּקָּחוּםand the young menוְאֶת הַנְּעָרִיםthey struckהִכּוּwith the edgeלְפִיof the sword,חָרֶבand I escaped,וָאִמָּלְטָהonlyרַקI,אֲנִיI alone,לְבַדִּיto tell you.”לְהַגִּיד לָךְ
Job 1:17
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 1:17, 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 Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkasdim
Chaldean
The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.
Where else “kasdim” appears- formedשָׂמוּsamu
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samu” appears- threeשְׁלֹשָׁהshelosha
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appears- bandsרָאשִׁיםrashim
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rashim” appears- and made a raidיִּפְשְׁטוּyifshtu
raid
To make a raid.
Where else “yifshtu” appears- the camelsגְּמַלִּיםgemalim
camel
Camel.
Where else “gemalim” appears- and took themיִּקָּחוּyikachu
seize
To take away, seize.
Where else “yikachu” 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
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,