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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיְהִ֣יH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2מִ֠קְנֵהוּH4735His substancesomething bought, i.e., property, but only live stock; abstractly, acquisition
3שִֽׁבְעַ֨תH7651also was sevenseven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
4אַלְפֵ֣יH505thousandhence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
5צֹ֜אןH6629sheepa collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
6וּשְׁלֹ֧שֶׁתH7969and threethree; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
7אַלְפֵ֣יH505thousandhence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
8גְמַלִּ֗יםH1581camelsa camel
9וַֽחֲמֵ֣שׁH2568and fivefive
10מֵא֣וֹתH3967hundreda hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
11צֶֽמֶדH6776yokea yoke or team (i.e., pair); hence, an acre (i.e., day's task for a yoke of cattle to plough)
12בָּקָר֙H1241of oxena beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
13וַֽחֲמֵ֣שׁH2568and fivefive
14מֵא֣וֹתH3967hundreda hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
15אֲתוֹנ֔וֹתH860she assesa female donkey (from its docility)
16וַֽעֲבֻדָּ֖הH5657householdsomething wrought, i.e., (concretely) service
17רַבָּ֣הH7227greatabundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
18מְאֹ֑דH3966and a veryproperly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or
19וַֽיְהִי֙H1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
20הָאִ֣ישׁH376so that this mana 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)
21הַה֔וּאH1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
22גָּד֖וֹלH1419was the greatestgreat (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
23מִכָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
24בְּנֵיH1121of all the mena son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
25קֶֽדֶם׃H6924of the eastthe 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...

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