Job 2:11–13

In its context

Its words in the original

• יִּשְׁמְעוּyishmu· hear, listen, obey

  Hear, listen. In the Bible listening truly includes paying heed; so it often means "obey". In the causative form, make heard, proclaim.

• שְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshet· three

  Three; also "third" or "three times".

• רֵעֵיree· neighbor, friend

  The other person one deals with: companion, neighbor, friend; in the laws, "neighbor". "One to another" is "a man to his neighbor".

• 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.

• רָעָהraa· evil, bad, harm

  Bad; evil. It includes what is morally wrong and also what does harm: misfortune, disaster, distress.

• בָּאָהbaa· come, go in, bring

  Come, arrive, go in, enter. In the causative form, "bring" or "carry in". "Go in to" a woman is to have marital relations with her.

• אִישׁish· man, husband, each

  Man, male; with a possessive, husband. Also "each one", "anyone". It is "ish", distinct from "adam" (human being); it is used for the man in contrast with the woman ("ishah").

• מְּקֹמmekom· place

  Place, spot; the space someone or something occupies; also a home or a holy place.

• אֱלִיפַזelifaz· Eliphaz

  Eliphaz, the name of a son of Esau and Adah and of Job's friend, "the Temanite".

• תֵּימָנִיtemani· Temanite

  Temanite: from the region of Teman, in Edom.

• בִלְדַּדvildad· Bildad

  Bildad: the name of one of Job's three companions, called "the Shuhite."

• שּׁוּחִיshuchi· Shuhite

  Shuhite: a descendant of Shuah or a person from that place. Bildad, one of Job's companions, is called so.

• צוֹפַרtsofar· Zophar

  Zophar: the name of one of Job's three companions, called "the Naamathite."

• נַּעֲמָתִיnaamati· Naamathite

  Naamathite: a person from Naamah. Zophar, one of Job's companions, is called so.

• יִּוָּעֲדוּyivaadu· appoint; meet

  Appoint, assign someone to something; set a place or a time and, from there, meet there; "the tent of meeting".

• יַחְדָּוyachdav· together

  Together, at the same time.

• נוּדnud· wander; shake the head

  Wander aimlessly, flee. Elsewhere, shake the head in sympathy: console.

• נַחֲמnacham· relent, be sorry, comfort

  A verb of deep feeling, with two uses: "comfort" someone, and "be sorry" for something or "relent". Said of God, it expresses his grief at evil or that he does not carry out a punishment he had announced; not that he had made a mistake (compare Numbers 23:19).

• יִּשְׂאוּyisu· lift, carry, bear

  Lift up, carry, bear. "Bear sin" is to suffer its consequences; said of God, "taking away" sin is forgiving it. "Lift up the eyes" is to look.

• עֵינֵיene· eye

  Eye. "In someone's eyes" means "in his opinion"; "find favor in the eyes of" is to please him. Also a spring of water.

• רָחוֹקrachok· far, distant

  Far, distant, remote, in place or in time; often "from afar".

• הִכִּירֻhikiru· recognize

  Recognize, know who someone is; take notice of, acknowledge. In other forms, act as a stranger, pretend not to know.

• קוֹלָkola· voice, sound

  Voice or sound: what is heard, from a person, an animal or a thing (thunder, steps).

• יִּבְכּוּyivku· weep

  Weep, cry; mourn for someone.

• יִּקְרְעוּyikru· 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.

• יִּזְרְקוּyizrku· sprinkle, dash

  Sprinkle, dash, throw (blood against the altar, water, dust); scatter.

• עָפָרafar· dust

  Dust, loose dry earth; also the plaster that covers walls. It recalls what the human being is made of: "you are dust, and to dust you will return" (Genesis 3:19).

• רָאשֵׁיrashe· 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.

• שָּׁמָיְמָshamayma· heavens, sky

  The heavens: what is above, where the clouds, the sun and the stars are seen; also the dwelling of God. In Hebrew it is always plural. With birds, "the sky".

• יֵּשְׁבוּyeshvu· sit, dwell

  Sit, sit down; from there stay in a place, live, dwell. In the causative form, settle someone, make to dwell. Also sit as judge or as king.

• אָרֶץarets· 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").

• שִׁבְעַתshivat· seven

  Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".

• יָמִיםyamim· day

  Day: the hours of light, or a whole day from one evening to the next. Also an indefinite time or age ("in the day that...", "in those days").

• לֵילוֹתlelot· night

  Night.

• דֹּבֵרdover· speak

  Speak, talk, say; also promise or command.

• דָּבָרdavar· word, matter, thing

  Word; what is said. Also "matter" or "thing": what is spoken about, an affair, an event.

• רָאוּrau· see

  See. Also look, observe, notice, consider; in some forms, "appear" or "show".

• גָדַלgadal· grow up, become great

  Grow up, become great; in the causative form, make great, magnify; also be proud.

• כְּאֵבkeev· pain, suffering

  Pain, suffering. It may be pain of the body or inward pain, of grief.

• מְאֹדmeod· very, much

  Very, greatly, exceedingly; a word that strengthens what goes with it. As a noun, strength, might.