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The SatanהַשָּׂטָןansweredוַיַּעַןYHWHאֶת יְהוָהand said,וַיֹּאמַר“Is it for nothingהַחִנָּםthat JobאִיּוֹבfearsיָרֵאElohim?אֱלֹהִים
Job 1:9
Study it in the app“The Satan answered YHWH and said, “Is it for nothing that Job fears Elohim?”
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Job 1:9, word by word
- The Satanשָּׂטָןsatan
Satan
A being who appears before YHWH as the accuser of people.
Where else “satan” appears- answeredיַּעַןyaan
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- and saidיֹּאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- “Is it for nothingחִנָּםchinam
free
Free, at no cost.
Where else “chinam” appears- that Jobאִיּוֹבiyov
Job
Job: the man of the land of Uz, blameless and upright, whose story of suffering and of questions to God is told in the book that bears his name. Ezekiel 14:14 and James 5:11 also mention him.
Where else “iyov” appears- fearsיָרֵאyare
revere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “yare” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears
The context
8YHWH said to the Satan, “Have you set your heart on my servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a man blameless and upright, fearing Elohim and turning away from evil.”
9 · This verse (above)
10Have you not yourself put a hedge around him and around his house and around all that he has, on every side? The work of his hands you have blessed, and his livestock has spread out in the land.