איוב

Hebrew

Etymology

Possibly from early northwest Semitic dialectal name meaning "where is the father?" from [script needed] (ʾôb, “father”), dialectal variant of אב ('áv, “father”). Or, akin to אויב (oyév, “enemy”).^[1] Some biblical scholars have suggested that it is related to Arabic أَوَّاب (ʔawwāb, “returning”), from the root ء و ب (ʔ-w-b).

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /iˈjov/
(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ijˈjoːβ/
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Proper noun

אִיּוֹב • (iyóv) m

(biblical) Job (a book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh)
(biblical) Job (a character in the Old Testament and the Qur'an, renowned for his patience)
a male given name, Iyov

Derived terms

בְּשׂוֹרַת אִיּוֹב (b'sorát iyóv)

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: Ἰώβ (Iṓb) (see there for further descendants)

References

^ “Job”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Anagrams

[1] “Job”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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