and look,וְהִנֵּהa greatגְּדוֹלָהwindרוּחַcameבָּאָהfrom acrossמֵעֵבֶרthe wildernessהַמִּדְבָּרand struckוַיִּגַּעthe fourבְּאַרְבַּעcornersפִּנּוֹתof the house,הַבַּיִתand it fellוַיִּפֹּלonעַלthe young people,הַנְּעָרִיםand they died,וַיָּמוּתוּand I escaped,וָאִמָּלְטָהonlyרַקI,אֲנִיI alone,לְבַדִּיto tell you.”לְהַגִּיד לָךְ
Job 1:19
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 1:19, word by word
- a greatגְּדוֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- windרוּחַruach
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears- cameבָּאָהbaa
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baa” appears- from acrossעֵבֶרever
beyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appears- the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- and struckיִּגַּעyiga
strike
To hit, afflict with a plague.
Where else “yiga” appears- the fourאַרְבַּעarba
four
Four.
Where else “arba” appears- cornersפִּנּוֹתpinot
corner
The angle of a building; the main stone holding it.
Where else “pinot” appears- of the houseבַּיִתbayit
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appears- and it fellיִּפֹּלyipol
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “yipol” appears- the young peopleנְּעָרִיםnearim
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “nearim” appears- and they diedיָּמוּתוּyamutu
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamutu” 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
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.