Job 1:19

“and 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.””

Job 1:19 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 1:19, word by word

a greatגְּדוֹלָהgedola

great

Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.

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windרוּחַruach

wind

Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.

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cameבָּאָהbaa

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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from acrossעֵבֶרever

beyond

Past the river, especially the Jordan.

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the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar

wilderness

Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.

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and struckיִּגַּעyiga

strike

To hit, afflict with a plague.

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the fourאַרְבַּעarba

four

Four.

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cornersפִּנּוֹתpinot

corner

The angle of a building; the main stone holding it.

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of the houseבַּיִתbayit

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

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and it fellיִּפֹּלyipol

fall

To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.

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the young peopleנְּעָרִיםnearim

boy

A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.

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and they diedיָּמוּתוּyamutu

die

To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.

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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

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,

19 · This verse (above)

20Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell to the ground and bowed down.

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