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Job 1:18-21

18While he wasyet speakingמְדַבֵּ֔רme.da.BerH1696,there cameבָּ֣אba'H935also another, and saidוַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.MarH559,Thy sonsבָּנֶ֨יךָba.Nei.khaH1121and thy daughtersוּבְנוֹתֶ֤יךָu.ve.no.Tei.khaH1323wereeatingאֹֽכְלִים֙'o.khe.LimH398and drinkingוְשֹׁתִ֣יםve.sho.TimH8354wineיַ֔יִןYa.yinH3196in their eldestהַבְּכֽוֹר׃ha.be.KhorH1060brother’sאֲחִיהֶ֥ם'a.chi.HemH251houseבְּבֵ֖יתbe.VeitH1004:

19And, behold, there cameבָּ֣אָה׀Ba.'ahH935a greatגְּדוֹלָ֜הge.do.LahH1419windר֨וּחַRu.achH7307fromמֵעֵ֣בֶרme.'E.verH5676the wildernessהַמִּדְבָּ֗רha.mid.BarH4057,and smoteוַיִּגַּע֙vai.yi.Ga'H5060the fourבְּאַרְבַּע֙be.'ar.Ba'H702cornersפִּנּ֣וֹתpi.NotH6438of the houseהַבַּ֔יִתha.Ba.yitH1004,and it fellוַיִּפֹּ֥לvai.yi.PolH5307upon the young menהַנְּעָרִ֖יםha.ne.'a.RimH5288,and they are deadוַיָּמ֑וּתוּvai.ya.Mu.tuH4191;and I only am escapedוָאִמָּ֨לְטָ֧הva.'i.Mal.TahH4422alone to tellלְהַגִּ֥ידle.ha.GidH5046thee.

20Then Jobאִיּוֹב֙'i.yOvH347aroseוַיָּ֤קָםvai.Ya.komH6965,and rentוַיִּקְרַ֣עvai.yik.Ra'H7167his mantleמְעִל֔וֹme.'i.LoH4598,and shavedוַיָּ֖גָזvai.Ya.gozH1494his headרֹאשׁ֑וֹro.ShoH7218,and fell downוַיִּפֹּ֥לvai.yi.PolH5307upon the groundאַ֖רְצָה'Ar.tzahH776,and worshippedוַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ׃vai.yish.Ta.chuH7812,

21And saidוַיֹּאמֶר֩vai.yo.MerH559,Nakedעָרֹ֨ם'a.RomH6174came I outיָצָ֜אתִיya.tza.tiH3318of my mother’sאִמִּ֗י'i.MiH517wombמִבֶּ֣טֶןmi.Be.tenH990,and nakedוְעָרֹם֙ve.'a.RomH6174shall I returnאָשׁ֣וּב'a.ShuvH7725thither: the Lordיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068gaveנָתַ֔ןna.TanH5414,and the Lordוַיהוָ֖הva.Yah.wehH3068hath taken awayלָקָ֑חla.KachH3947;blessedמְבֹרָֽךְ׃me.vo.RakhH1288be the nameשֵׁ֥םshemH8034of the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068.

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