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Job 42:12 Interlinear

So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning for he had fourteen and a thousand sheep and six and a thousand camels and a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand she asses

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַֽיהוָ֗הH3068So the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
2בֵּרַ֛ךְH1288blessedto kneel; by implication to bless god (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (god or the king, as
3אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
4אַחֲרִ֥יתH319the latter endthe last or end, hence, the future; also posterity
5אִיּ֖וֹבH347of Jobijob, the patriarch famous for his patience
6מֵרֵאשִׁת֑וֹH7225more than his beginningthe first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)
7וַֽיְהִיH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
8ל֡וֹH0
9אַרְבָּעָה֩H702for he had fourteenfour
10עָשָׂ֨רH6240ten (only in combination), i.e., -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
11וְאֶ֥לֶףH505and a thousandhence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
12צֹ֗אןH6629sheepa collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
13וְשֵׁ֤שֶׁתH8337and sixsix (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
14וְאֶ֥לֶףH505and a thousandhence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
15גְּמַלִּ֔יםH1581camelsa camel
16וְאֶ֥לֶףH505and a thousandhence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
17צֶ֥מֶדH6776yokea yoke or team (i.e., pair); hence, an acre (i.e., day's task for a yoke of cattle to plough)
18בָּקָ֖רH1241of oxena beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
19וְאֶ֥לֶףH505and a thousandhence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
20אֲתוֹנֽוֹת׃H860she assesa female donkey (from its docility)

Verse Context

Job 42:11Then came there unto him all his brethren and all his sisters...
Job 42:12 (current)So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning for he had fourteen and a thousand sheep and six and a thousand camels and a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand she asses
Job 42:13 He had also seven sons and three daughters...

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