His livestockמִקְנֵהוּwasוַיְהִיseven thousandשִׁבְעַת אַלְפֵיsheep,צֹאןthree thousandוּשְׁלֹשֶׁת אַלְפֵיcamels,גְמַלִּיםfive hundredוַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹתyokeצֶמֶדof oxen,בָּקָרfive hundredוַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹתfemale donkeys,אֲתוֹנוֹתand a veryוַ מְאֹדlargeרַבָּהhousehold of servants;עֲבֻדָּהand thatוַ הַהוּאmanהָאִישׁwasיְהִיgreaterגָּדוֹלthan allמִכָּלthe sonsבְּנֵיof the east.קֶדֶם
Job 1:3
Study it in the app“His livestock was seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household of servants; and that man was greater than all the sons of the east.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 1:3, word by word
- His livestockמִקְנֵmikne
livestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikne” appears- wasיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- seven thousandשִׁבְעַתshivat
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shivat” appears- seven thousandאַלְפֵיalfe
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alfe” appears- sheepצֹאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- three thousandשְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshet
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appears- camelsגְמַלִּיםgemalim
camel
Camel.
Where else “gemalim” appears- five hundredחֲמֵשׁchamesh
five
Five.
Where else “chamesh” appears- five hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- yokeצֶמֶדtsemed
pair
Two animals harnessed together.
Where else “tsemed” appears- of oxenבָּקָרbakar
cattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “bakar” appears- female donkeysאֲתוֹנוֹתatonot
female donkey
Female donkey.
Where else “atonot” appears- and a veryמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- largeרַבָּהraba
much
In great quantity, more than expected.
Where else “raba” appears- household of servantsעֲבֻדָּהavuda
servants, household
Household servants: all the servants of a house.
Where else “avuda” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- greaterגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of the eastקֶדֶםkedem
east
The side in front, where the sun rises; the east.
Where else “kedem” appears
The context
2Seven sons and three daughters were born to him.
3 · This verse (above)
4His sons would go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.