Job

Job 1:18

¹⁸While 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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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
While	עַ֚ד	‘aḏ	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
he	זֶ֣ה	zeh	Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
was still speaking	מְדַבֵּ֔ר	mə·ḏab·bêr	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular	H1696 speak
another messenger	וְזֶ֖ה	wə·zeh	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
came	בָּ֣א	bā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
and reported	וַיֹּאמַ֑ר	way·yō·mar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Your sons	בָּנֶ֨יךָ	bā·ne·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H1121 son
and daughters	וּבְנוֹתֶ֤יךָ	ū·ḇə·nō·w·ṯe·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H1323 daughter
were eating	אֹֽכְלִים֙	’ō·ḵə·lîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H398 eat
and drinking	וְשֹׁתִ֣ים	wə·šō·ṯîm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H8354 drink
wine	יַ֔יִן	ya·yin	Noun - masculine singular	H3196 wine
in their oldest	הַבְּכֽוֹר׃	hab·bə·ḵō·wr	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1060 first-born
brother’s	אֲחִיהֶ֥ם	’ă·ḥî·hem	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H251 brother
house	בְּבֵ֖ית	bə·ḇêṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 1:4 · Job 1:13 · Lamentations 1:12 · Psalm 34:19

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.