Job 1:18
While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
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ASV
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house;
KJV
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
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14 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| עַ֚ד | 'ad | until | H5704 → |
| זֶ֣ה | zeh | this [one] | H2088 → |
| מְדַבֵּ֔ר | me.da.Ber | [was] speaking | H1696 → |
| וְזֶ֖ה | ve.Zeh | and this [one] | H2088 → |
| בָּ֣א | ba' | he came | H935 → |
| וַיֹּאמַ֑ר | vai.yo.Mar | and he said | H559 → |
| בָּנֶ֨יךָ | ba.Nei.kha | sons your | H1121 → |
| וּבְנוֹתֶ֤יךָ | u.ve.no.Tei.kha | and daughters your | H1323 → |
| אֹֽכְלִים֙ | 'o.khe.Lim | [were] eating | H398 → |
| וְשֹׁתִ֣ים | ve.sho.Tim | and drinking | H8354 → |
| יַ֔יִן | Ya.yin | wine | H3196 → |
| בְּבֵ֖ית | be.Veit | in [the] house of | H1004 → |
| אֲחִיהֶ֥ם | 'a.chi.Hem | brother their | H251 → |
| הַבְּכֽוֹר׃ | ha.be.Khor | the firstborn | H1060 → |
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