Job 1:4

“His 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.”

Job 1:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 1:4, word by word

His sonsבָנָיvanay

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “vanay” appears
would goהָלְכוּhalchu

go

To move on foot from place to place; to set out.

Where else “halchu” appears
and holdעָשׂוּasu

prepare

To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.

Where else “asu” appears
a feastמִשְׁתֶּהmishte

feast

A party with food and drink.

Where else “mishte” appears
in the houseבֵּיתbet

house

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

Where else “bet” appears
of each oneאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

Where else “ish” appears
on his dayיוֹמyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yom” appears
and they would sendשָׁלְחוּshalchu

send

To send someone or something.

Where else “shalchu” appears
and inviteקָרְאוּkaru

call

To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.

Where else “karu” appears
their threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshet

three

A quantity of three: three persons or things together.

Where else “sheloshet” appears
sistersאַחְיוֹתֵיachyote

sister

A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.

Where else “achyote” appears
to eatאֱכֹלechol

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

Where else “echol” appears
and drinkשְׁתּוֹתshetot

drink

Drink.

Where else “shetot” appears

The context

3His 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.

4 · This verse (above)

5And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and consecrate them; he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all, for Job said, “Perhaps my sons have sinned and cursed Elohim in their hearts.” Thus Job would do all the days.

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