And the Satanוַ הַשָּׂטָןwent outיֵּצֵאfromמֵאֵתthe presenceפְּנֵיof YHWH,יְהוָהand he struckוַיַּךְJobאֶת אִיּוֹבwith severeרָעboilsבִּשְׁחִיןfrom the soleמִכַּףof his footרַגְלוֹtoוְעַדthe crown of his head.קָדְקֳדוֹ
Job 2:7
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 2:7, word by word
- And the Satanשָּׂטָןsatan
Satan
A being who appears before YHWH as the accuser of people.
Where else “satan” appears- went outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- the presenceפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- and he struckיַּךְyach
punish
God punishes with a plague.
Where else “yach” appears- 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- with severeרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- boilsשְׁחִיןshechin
boil
Boil: a painful inflammation of the skin (Exodus 9:9; Job 2:7).
Where else “shechin” appears- from the soleכַּףkaf
sole
The underside of the foot, with which one treads.
Where else “kaf” appears- of his footרַגְלragl
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragl” appears- the crown of his headקָדְקֳדkadkod
crown of the head
Crown of the head, the top of the head.
Where else “kadkod” appears
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.