Job 1:14
a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
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ASV
that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;
KJV
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
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12 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וּמַלְאָ֛ךְ | u.mal.'Akh | and a messenger | H4397 → |
| בָּ֥א | ba' | he came | H935 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| אִיּ֖וֹב | 'i.Yov | Job | H347 → |
| וַיֹּאמַ֑ר | vai.yo.Mar | and he said | H559 → |
| הַבָּקָר֙ | ha.ba.Kar | the ox[en] | H1241 → |
| הָי֣וּ | ha.Yu | they were | H1961 → |
| חֹֽרְשׁ֔וֹת | cho.re.Shot | plowing | H2790 → |
| וְהָאֲתֹנ֖וֹת | ve.ha.'a.to.Not | and the female donkeys | H860 → |
| רֹע֥וֹת | ro.'ot | [were] grazing | H7462 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| יְדֵיהֶֽם׃ | ye.dei.Hem | hands their | H3027 → |
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