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And Jobוַ אִיּוֹבlivedיְחִיafterאַחֲרֵיthisזֹאתa hundredמֵאָהand fortyוְאַרְבָּעִיםyears,שָׁנָהand sawוַיִּרְאֶהhis sonsאֶת בָּנָיוand his sons’וְאֶת בְּנֵיsons,בָנָיוfourאַרְבָּעָהgenerations.דֹּרוֹת
Job 42:16
Study it in the app“And Job lived after this a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons and his sons’ sons, four generations.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 42:16, word by word
- And 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- livedיְחִיyechi
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “yechi” appears- a hundredמֵאָהmea
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appears- and fortyאַרְבָּעִיםarbaim
forty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
age
The years of a person's life.
Where else “shana” appears- and sawיִּרְאֶהyire
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yire” appears- his sonsבָּנָיbanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banay” appears- fourאַרְבָּעָהarbaa
four
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appears- generationsדֹּרוֹתdorot
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dorot” appears
The context
15And there were not found women as beautiful as the daughters of Job in all the land; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
16 · This verse (above)
17And Job died, old and satisfied with days.