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This oneזֶהwas stillעַדspeakingמְדַבֵּרwhen anotherוְזֶהcameבָּאand said,וַיֹּאמַר“Your sonsבָּנֶיךָand your daughtersוּבְנוֹתֶיךָwere eatingאֹכְלִיםand drinkingוְשֹׁתִיםwineיַיִןin the houseבְּבֵיתof their brotherאֲחִיהֶםthe firstborn,הַבְּכוֹר
Job 1:18
Study it in the app“This 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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 1:18, 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- “Your sonsבָּנֶיbane
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bane” appears- and your daughtersבְנוֹתֶיvenote
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venote” appears- were eatingאֹכְלִיםochlim
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “ochlim” appears- and drinkingשֹׁתִיםshotim
drink
Drink.
Where else “shotim” appears- wineיַיִןyayin
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appears- in the houseבֵיתvet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vet” appears- of their brotherאֲחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- the firstbornבְּכוֹרbechor
firstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechor” appears
The context
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.”
18 · This verse (above)
19and look, a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they died, and I escaped, only I, I alone, to tell you.”