Job 1:21

“He said, “Naked I came out of the belly of my mother, and naked I will return there. YHWH gave, and YHWH took; may the name of YHWH be blessed.””

Job 1:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job tears his robe, falls to the ground, and blesses the name of YHWHSuffering and Trials

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Job 1:21, word by word

He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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“Nakedעָרֹםarom

naked

Naked.

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I came outיָצָאתִיyatsati

spring up

To spring up, be born, come from something.

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of the bellyבֶּטֶןbeten

belly

The belly; also one's innermost part.

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of my motherאִמִּimi

mother

The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.

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I will returnאָשׁוּבashuv

return

To go back to a place.

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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gaveנָתַןnatan

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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tookלָקָחlakach

accept

To accept what someone gives, such as teaching or correction.

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mayיְהִיyehi

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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the nameשֵׁםshem

name of YHWH

YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.

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be blessedמְבֹרָךְmevorach

praise

To praise God: "blessed be YHWH".

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The context

20Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell to the ground and bowed down.

21 · This verse (above)

22In all this Job did not sin, nor did he charge Elohim with impropriety.

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