Revised Literal Translation

Job 1:1-3

1There was a manאִ֛ישׁ'ishH376in the landבְאֶֽרֶץ־ve.'e.retz-H776of Uzע֖וּץ'utzH5780,whose nameשְׁמ֑וֹshe.MoH8034wasJobאִיּ֣וֹב'i.YovH347;and that manהָאִ֣ישׁha.'IshH376was perfectתָּ֧םtamH8535and uprightוְיָשָׁ֛רve.ya.SharH3477,and one that fearedוִירֵ֥אvi.Re'H3373Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430,and eschewedוְסָ֥רve.SarH5493evilמֵרָֽע׃me.Ra'H7451.

2And there were bornוַיִּוָּ֥לְדוּvai.yi.Val.duH3205unto him sevenשִׁבְעָ֥הshiv.'AhH7651sonsבָנִ֖יםva.NimH1121and threeוְשָׁל֥וֹשׁve.sha.Lo.oshH7969daughtersבָּנֽוֹת׃ba.NotH1323.

3His substanceמִ֠קְנֵהוּMik.ne.huH4735also was sevenשִֽׁבְעַ֨תshiv.'AtH7651thousandאַלְפֵי־'al.fei-H505sheepצֹ֜אןtzonH6629,and threeוּשְׁלֹ֧שֶׁתu.she.Lo.shetH7969thousandאַלְפֵ֣י'al.FeiH505camelsגְמַלִּ֗יםge.ma.LimH1581,and fiveוַחֲמֵ֨שׁva.cha.MeshH2568hundredמֵא֤וֹתme.'otH3967yokeצֶֽמֶד־tze.med-H6776of oxenבָּקָר֙ba.KarH1241,and fiveוַחֲמֵ֣שׁva.cha.MeshH2568hundredמֵא֣וֹתme.'otH3967she donkeysאֲתוֹנ֔וֹת'a.to.NotH860,and a veryמְאֹ֑דme.'OdH3966greatרַבָּ֣הra.BahH7227householdוַעֲבֻדָּ֖הva.'a.vu.DahH5657;so that this manהָאִ֣ישׁha.'IshH376was the greatestגָּד֖וֹלga.DolH1419of all the menבְּנֵי־be.nei-H1121of the eastקֶֽדֶם׃Ke.demH6924.

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