And YHWHוַיהוָהblessedבֵּרַךְthe endאֶת אַחֲרִיתof Jobאִיּוֹבmore than his beginning;מֵרֵאשִׁתוֹand he hadוַיְהִי לוֹfourteenאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂרthousandאֶלֶףsheep,צֹאןand sixוְשֵׁשֶׁתthousandאֲלָפִיםcamels,גְּמַלִּיםand a thousandוְאֶלֶףyokeצֶמֶדof oxen,בָּקָרand a thousandוְאֶלֶףfemale donkeys.אֲתוֹנוֹת
Job 42:12
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 42:12, word by word
- And YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears- blessedבֵּרַךְberach
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “berach” appears- the endאַחֲרִיתacharit
end
Where something ends, and how it ends.
Where else “acharit” appears- of 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- more than his beginningרֵאשִׁתreshit
beginning
The beginning: "in the beginning".
Where else “reshit” appears- and he hadיְהִיyehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appears- fourteenאַרְבָּעָהarbaa
four
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appears- fourteenעָשָׂרasar
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appears- thousandאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- sheepצֹאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- and sixשֵׁשֶׁתsheshet
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “sheshet” appears- camelsגְּמַלִּיםgemalim
camel
Camel.
Where else “gemalim” appears- yokeצֶמֶדtsemed
pair
Two animals harnessed together.
Where else “tsemed” appears- of oxenבָּקָרbakar
cattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “bakar” appears- female donkeysאֲתוֹנוֹתatonot
female donkey
Female donkey.
Where else “atonot” appears
Translation note
This is what Bildad had said in 8:7: “your beginning will have been small, and your end will grow very great.”
The context
11Then 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.
12 · This verse (above)
13And he had seven sons and three daughters.