1 Samuel 25:2
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And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.
In other translations
And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.
Hebrew words
וְאִישׁve'ishand a manH376בְּמָעוֹןbema'on[was] in MaonH4584וּמַעֲשֵׂהוּuma'asehuand business hisH4639בַכַּרְמֶלvakarmel[was] in <the> CarmelH3760וְהָאִישׁveha'ishand the manH376גָּדוֹלgadol[was] greatH1419מְאֹדme'odveryH3966וְלוֹveloand [belonged] to <the> himצֹאןtzonsheepH6629שְׁלֹשֶׁת־sheloshet-threeH7969אֲלָפִים'alafimthousand<s>H505וְאֶלֶףve'elefand one thousandH505עִזִּים'izimgoatsH5795וַיְהִיvayhiand it wasH1961בִּגְזֹזbigzozwhen shearedH1494אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853צֹאנוֹtzonosheep hisH6629בַּכַּרְמֶל׃bakarmelin <the> CarmelH3760
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