Job 1:3
and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.
BSB
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ASV
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.
KJV
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
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Commentary
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25 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֣י | vay.Hi | and it was | H1961 → |
| מִ֠קְנֵהוּ | Mik.ne.hu | livestock his | H4735 → |
| שִֽׁבְעַ֨ת | shiv.'At | seven | H7651 → |
| אַלְפֵי־ | 'al.fei- | thousand<s> | H505 → |
| צֹ֜אן | tzon | sheep | H6629 → |
| וּשְׁלֹ֧שֶׁת | u.she.Lo.shet | and three | H7969 → |
| אַלְפֵ֣י | 'al.Fei | thousand<s> | H505 → |
| גְמַלִּ֗ים | ge.ma.Lim | camels | H1581 → |
| וַחֲמֵ֨שׁ | va.cha.Mesh | and five | H2568 → |
| מֵא֤וֹת | me.'ot | hundred<s> | H3967 → |
| צֶֽמֶד־ | tze.med- | pair[s] of | H6776 → |
| בָּקָר֙ | ba.Kar | ox[en] | H1241 → |
| וַחֲמֵ֣שׁ | va.cha.Mesh | and five | H2568 → |
| מֵא֣וֹת | me.'ot | hundred<s> | H3967 → |
| אֲתוֹנ֔וֹת | 'a.to.Not | female donkeys | H860 → |
| וַעֲבֻדָּ֖ה | va.'a.vu.Dah | and service | H5657 → |
| רַבָּ֣ה | ra.Bah | much | H7227 → |
| מְאֹ֑ד | me.'Od | very | H3966 → |
| וַיְהִי֙ | vay.Hi | and he was | H1961 → |
| הָאִ֣ישׁ | ha.'Ish | the man | H376 → |
| הַה֔וּא | ha.Hu' | <the> that | H1931 → |
| גָּד֖וֹל | ga.Dol | great | H1419 → |
| מִכָּל־ | mi.kol | more than all | H3605 → |
| בְּנֵי־ | be.nei- | [the] people of | H1121 → |
| קֶֽדֶם׃ | Ke.dem | [the] east | H6924 → |
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