Then there cameוַיָּבֹאוּto himאֵלָיוallכָּלhis brothersאֶחָיוand allוְכָלhis sistersאַחְיוֹתָיוand allוְכָלwho had known himיֹדְעָיוbefore,לְפָנִיםand they ateוַיֹּאכְלוּbreadלֶחֶםwith himעִמּוֹin his house;בְּבֵיתוֹand they showed him sympathyוַיָּנֻדוּ לוֹand comforted himוַיְנַחֲמוּ אֹתוֹforעַלallכָּלthe evilהָרָעָהthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad broughtהֵבִיאupon him;עָלָיוand they gaveוַיִּתְּנוּhimלוֹeach oneאִישׁa qesitaקְשִׂיטָה אֶחָתand each oneוְאִישׁa ringנֶזֶם אֶחָדof gold.זָהָב
Job 42:11
Study it in the app“Then there came to him all his brothers and all his sisters and all who had known him before, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that YHWH had brought upon him; and they gave him each one a qesita and each one a ring of gold.”
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Job 42:11, word by word
- Then there cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- his brothersאֶחָיechay
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appears- his sistersאַחְיוֹתָיachyotay
sister
A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.
Where else “achyotay” appears- who had known himיֹדְעָיyoday
know a person
To know someone.
Where else “yoday” appears- beforeפָנִיםfanim
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanim” appears- and they ateיֹּאכְלוּyochlu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochlu” appears- breadלֶחֶםlechem
food
Everything eaten at the table, even if it is not bread.
Where else “lechem” appears- in his houseבֵיתvet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vet” appears- and they showed him sympathyיָּנֻדוּyanudu
sympathize
To show sorrow for someone and comfort him.
Where else “yanudu” appears- and comforted himיְנַחֲמוּyenachamu
comfort
To ease someone in his pain with words and company.
Where else “yenachamu” appears- the evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” 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 they gaveיִּתְּנוּyitnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitnu” appears- each oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- a qesitaקְשִׂיטָהkesita
kesitah
Kesitah: a unit of value or weight whose equivalent is unknown.
Where else “kesita” appears- a qesitaאֶחָתechat
each
Literally "one": all of them, one by one.
Where else “echat” appears- a ringנֶזֶםnezem
ring, earring
Ring worn in the nose or the ear as an ornament.
Where else “nezem” appears- of goldזָהָבzahav
gold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appears
Translation note
“Qesita”: a piece of metal of unknown weight that was used as payment (Genesis 33:19; Joshua 24:32).
The context
10And YHWH turned back the captivity of Job when he prayed for his companions, and YHWH increased all that Job had twofold.
11 · This verse (above)
12And YHWH blessed the end of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.