Job 42:11

“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.”

Job 42:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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.

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