“And there came” | בָּ֥א | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | came |
“a messenger” | וּמַלְאָ֛ךְ | A messenger; specifically, of God, i.e., an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher) | messenger |
“unto” | אֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | unto |
“Job,” | אִיּ֖וֹב | Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience | Job |
“and said,” | וַיֹּאמַ֑ר | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
“The oxen” | הַבָּקָר֙ | A beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd | oxen |
“were” | הָי֣וּ | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | were |
“plowing,” | חֹֽרְשׁ֔וֹת | To scratch, i.e., (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness) | plowing |
“and the asses” | וְהָֽאֲתֹנ֖וֹת | A female donkey (from its docility) | asses |
“feeding” | רֹע֥וֹת | To tend a flock; i.e., pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend) | feeding |
“beside” | יְדֵיהֶֽם׃ | A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] | beside |
“them:” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | them |