איוב

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Hebrew

Etymology

Possibly from early northwest Semitic dialectal name meaning "where is the father?" from (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

Proper noun

אִיּוֹב • (iyóv) m

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

Derived terms

Descendants

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

References

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

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