Job 2:7

“And 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.”

Job 2:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 2:7, word by word

And the Satanשָּׂטָןsatan

Satan

A being who appears before YHWH as the accuser of people.

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went outיֵּצֵאyetse

go out

To go out of a place.

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the presenceפְּנֵיpene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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of 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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and he struckיַּךְyach

punish

God punishes with a plague.

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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.

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with severeרָעra

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

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boilsשְׁחִיןshechin

boil

Boil: a painful inflammation of the skin (Exodus 9:9; Job 2:7).

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from the soleכַּףkaf

sole

The underside of the foot, with which one treads.

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of his footרַגְלragl

foot

The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.

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the crown of his headקָדְקֳדkadkod

crown of the head

Crown of the head, the top of the head.

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The context

6YHWH said to the Satan, “Look, he is in your hand; only guard his life.”

7 · This verse (above)

8He took a potsherd for himself to scrape himself with it, and he was sitting in the midst of the ashes.

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