3. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Job 1:3:1 ⧉וַיְהִ֣יvayehiand there was or and he had Job 1:3:2 ⧉מִ֠קְנֵהוּmiknehuhis livestock or his property Job 1:3:3 ⧉שִֽׁבְעַ֨תshivatseven {construct of} Job 1:3:4 ⧉אַלְפֵי־צֹ֜אןalfetsonthousands of sheep or flock Job 1:3:5 ⧉וּשְׁלֹ֧שֶׁתushloshetand three {construct of} Job 1:3:6 ⧉אַלְפֵ֣יalfethousands of Job 1:3:7 ⧉גְמַלִּ֗יםgemallimcamels Job 1:3:8 ⧉וַחֲמֵ֨שׁvakhameshand five Job 1:3:9 ⧉מֵא֤וֹתmeothundreds of Job 1:3:10 ⧉צֶֽמֶד־בָּקָר֙tsemedbakara yoke of cattle or a pair-team of oxen Job 1:3:11 ⧉וַחֲמֵ֣שׁvakhameshand five Job 1:3:12 ⧉מֵא֣וֹתmeothundreds of Job 1:3:13 ⧉אֲתוֹנ֔וֹתatonotfemale donkeys Job 1:3:14 ⧉וַעֲבֻדָּ֖הvaavuddaand service or and labor or and servitude Job 1:3:15 ⧉רַבָּ֣הrabagreat or much Job 1:3:16 ⧉מְאֹ֑דmeodvery Job 1:3:17 ⧉וַיְהִי֙vayehiand he was Job 1:3:18 ⧉הָאִ֣ישׁhaishthe man Job 1:3:19 ⧉הַה֔וּאhahuthat Job 1:3:20 ⧉גָּד֖וֹלgadolgreat Job 1:3:21 ⧉מִכָּל־בְּנֵי־קֶֽדֶם׃mikkolbenekedemfrom all the sons of the east |
3. Formal Translation And his possessions included seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred female donkeys, with a workforce exceedingly large. That man was the greatest of all the sons of the east. |
3. Dynamic Translation He owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred teams of oxen, and five hundred female donkeys, along with numerous servants. This man was the most important among all the people of the east. |