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YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto the Satan,אֶל הַשָּׂטָן“Look,הִנּhe isוֹin your hand;בְיָדֶךָonlyאַךְguardשְׁמֹרhis life.”אֶת נַפְשׁוֹ
Job 2:6
Study it in the app“YHWH said to the Satan, “Look, he is in your hand; only guard his life.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 2:6, word by word
- 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to the Satanשָּׂטָןsatan
Satan
A being who appears before YHWH as the accuser of people.
Where else “satan” appears- in your handיָדֶyade
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appears- guardשְׁמֹרshemor
guard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “shemor” appears- his lifeנַפְשׁnafsh
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsh” appears
The context
5But stretch out, please, your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and see if he does not curse you to your face.”
6 · This verse (above)
7And the Satan went out from the presence of YHWH, and he struck Job with severe boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.