איוב
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Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from early northwest Semitic dialectal name meaning "where is the father?" from [script needed] (ʾôb, “father”), dialectal variant of אב (“father”). Or, akin to אויב (“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
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Proper noun
[edit]אִיּוֹב • (iyóv) m
- Job (book of the Bible)
- a male given name
Derived terms
[edit]- בְּשׂוֹרַת אִיּוֹב (b'sorát iyóv)
References
[edit]- ^ “Job”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.