Job 1:15
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.”
חֶרֶב
A sword, a cutting weapon. Chereb. Reckless words wound like a sword. Wise words bring healing. The tongue is more powerful than any physical weapon.
רַק
only
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רַק
properly, leanness, i.e. (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although
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שְׁבָא
Sabeans
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שְׁבָא
Sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an Ethiopian district
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נָכָה
they struck
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נָכָה
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
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