Job 1:20–22

In its context

Its words in the original

• יָּקָםyakam· rise, stand, establish

  Rise, stand up; also stand firm, establish or fulfill something. "Rise against" is to attack.

• אִיּוֹבiyov· 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.

• יִּקְרַעyikra· tear

  Tear. Tearing one's clothes was the sign of a very great grief.

• מְעִלmeil· robe

  Robe: a long garment without sleeves worn over the tunic.

• יָּגָזyagaz· shear

  Shear, cut the wool of sheep; also shave.

• רֹאשׁrosh· head, chief

  Head. From there the first or the chief of a group, the top of a mountain, the beginning of something, or the sum; also the branches of a river.

• יִּפֹּלyipol· fall

  Fall; also fall upon (attack), lie down, desert to someone. In the causative form, "make fall", throw down, cast (lots).

• אַרְצָartsa· earth, land

  The earth, in two senses: the whole world in contrast with the heavens, or a particular country or region ("the land of Egypt").

• יִּשְׁתָּחוּyishtachu· bow down, worship

  Bow down: bend down to the ground. It was the gesture of respect before someone greater (a king, a visitor) and also the gesture of worshiping God.

• יֹּאמֶרyomer· say

  Say, speak. The most common verb for bringing in what someone says; sometimes "think" (say to oneself) or "command".

• עָרֹםarom· naked

  Naked.

• יָצָאתִיyatsati· go out, bring out

  Go out, come out. In the causative form, "make go out", "bring out", "lead out", "produce".

• בֶּטֶןbeten· womb, belly

  Belly; the mother's womb; the inner part of a person.

• אִמִּimi· mother

  Mother; also figuratively, a city as the mother of its people.

• אָשׁוּבashuv· return, turn back

  Turn back, return. Also turn away; in the causative form, bring back, give back, answer. Figuratively, turn back to God (change course). Often adverbial: "again".

• יְהוָהyehva· 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.

• נָתַןnatan· give, put, set

  Give, in a very wide sense: hand over, put, place, grant, allow, make something be.

• לָקָחlakach· take

  Take: seize, take along, receive. Also "take a wife" (marry).

• יְהִיyehi· be, become, happen

  Be, exist; also "become" or "happen". It is the verb of "there was", "it was" and "it came to pass".

• שֵׁםshem· name

  Name. In the Bible a name says who someone is; so it also means fame, renown or reputation.

• מְבֹרָךְmevorach· bless, kneel

  Bless. When God blesses, he gives good: life, children, fruit, prosperity. When a person "blesses God", he gives him nothing: he praises and thanks him. Between people, it is wishing the other the good that comes from God; also greet. The root also means kneel.

• חָטָאchata· sin

  Sin: miss the mark of what God asks, do wrong. In another form of the verb, "purify" from sin; also bear the loss.

• תִּפְלָהtifla· wrong, unseemliness

  Something unseemly, wrong or senseless.

• אלֹהִיםlohim· Elohim, God, gods

  The Hebrew word usually translated "God". This translation keeps "Elohim" when it speaks of the one true God, the Creator, the God of Israel. The word ends like a plural, but it does not mean several: for him the verb is singular ("Elohim created"); the plural form expresses greatness. The same word as a common noun names the "gods" of other peoples, and there it is a true plural, translated "gods". It is also used of mighty ones or judges.