Hebrew Interlinear
Job 1:3 Interlinear
“ His substance also was seven thousand sheep and three thousand camels and five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred she asses household great and a very so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיְהִ֣י | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 2 | מִ֠קְנֵהוּ | H4735 | His substance | something bought, i.e., property, but only live stock; abstractly, acquisition |
| 3 | שִֽׁבְעַ֨ת | H7651 | also was seven | seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number |
| 4 | אַלְפֵ֣י | H505 | thousand | hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand |
| 5 | צֹ֜אן | H6629 | sheep | a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men) |
| 6 | וּשְׁלֹ֧שֶׁת | H7969 | and three | three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice |
| 7 | אַלְפֵ֣י | H505 | thousand | hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand |
| 8 | גְמַלִּ֗ים | H1581 | camels | a camel |
| 9 | וַֽחֲמֵ֣שׁ | H2568 | and five | five |
| 10 | מֵא֣וֹת | H3967 | hundred | a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction |
| 11 | צֶֽמֶד | H6776 | yoke | a yoke or team (i.e., pair); hence, an acre (i.e., day's task for a yoke of cattle to plough) |
| 12 | בָּקָר֙ | H1241 | of oxen | a beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd |
| 13 | וַֽחֲמֵ֣שׁ | H2568 | and five | five |
| 14 | מֵא֣וֹת | H3967 | hundred | a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction |
| 15 | אֲתוֹנ֔וֹת | H860 | she asses | a female donkey (from its docility) |
| 16 | וַֽעֲבֻדָּ֖ה | H5657 | household | something wrought, i.e., (concretely) service |
| 17 | רַבָּ֣ה | H7227 | great | abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality) |
| 18 | מְאֹ֑ד | H3966 | and a very | properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or |
| 19 | וַֽיְהִי֙ | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 20 | הָאִ֣ישׁ | H376 | so that this man | a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) |
| 21 | הַה֔וּא | H1931 | he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo | |
| 22 | גָּד֖וֹל | H1419 | was the greatest | great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent |
| 23 | מִכָּל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 24 | בְּנֵי | H1121 | of all the men | a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or |
| 25 | קֶֽדֶם׃ | H6924 | of the east | the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the east) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward) |
Verse Context
Job 1:2And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters...
Job 1:3 (current) His substance also was seven thousand sheep and three thousand camels and five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred she asses household great and a very so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east
Job 1:4went And his sons and feasted in their houses every one...