Job

Question 1

עָרֹ֨ם יָצָ֨תִי [יָצָ֨אתִי] מִבֶּ֣טֶן אִמִּ֗י וְעָרֹם֙ אָשׁ֣וּב שָׁ֔מָּה ה נָתַ֔ן וַֽה לָקָ֑ח יְהִ֛י שֵׁ֥ם ה מְבֹרָֽךְ

Answer 1

Job accepts his suffering. “My mother’s womb” can be a metaphor for the earth from which man was originally made.
Job 1:21
21 And he said; naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither; the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

Question 2

עֹֽדְךָ֖ מַֽחֲזִ֣יק בְּתֻמָּתֶ֑ךָ בָּרֵ֥ךְ אֱלֹקים וָמֻֽת

Answer 2

After Job gets ill, his wife says “ you cling to your integrity. curse God and die. “ You may as well blaspheme God. Even if you die for it, since even death is preferable to your agony.

Job 2:9
9 Then said his wife unto him: ‘Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? blaspheme God, and die.’

Question 3

אֱלִיפַ֤ז הַתֵּֽימָנִי֙ וּבִלְדַּ֣ד הַשּׁוּחִ֔י וְצוֹפַ֖ר הַנַּֽעֲמָתִ֑י

Answer 3

names of Jobs three friends

Question 4

יֹ֣אבַד י֖וֹם אִוָּ֣לֶד בּ֑וֹ וְהַלַּ֥יְלָה אָ֝מַ֗ר הֹ֣רָה גָֽבֶר

Answer 4

I should have never been born! יאבד- usually to lose one’s life, but here it means ‘curse-ed’

Job 3:3
3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night wherein it was said: ‘A man-child is brought forth.’

Question 5

וַיַּ֤עַן ׀ אֱלִיה֖וּא בֶן־בַּֽרַכְאֵ֥ל הַבּוּזִ֗י וַיֹּ֫אמַ֥ר

Answer 5

Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite , 4th friend who appears and in narrative is out of place
Job 32:6
And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said:I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I held back, and durst not declare you mine opinion.

Question 6

מִ֤י זֶ֨ה ׀ מַחְשִׁ֖יךְ עֵצָ֥ה בְמִלִּ֗ין בְּֽלִי־דָֽעַת

Answer 6

God says to everyone: stop talking this nonsense. מחשיך - to darken במלין = במלים - with words.
Job 38:2
2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

Question 7

אַחַ֣ת דִּ֭בַּרְתִּי וְלֹ֣א אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ה וּ֝שְׁתַּ֗יִם וְלֹ֣א אוֹסִֽיף

Answer 7

God rebukes Job and Job admits his error. He acknowledges that he has no right to dispute God and he will henceforth remain silent. He says that his first question - why do the righteous suffer? has been answered by Elihu: God’s ways are good, though we do not understand them. But his second question - Why should the wicked prosper? remains. (Ralbag)
Job 40:5
5 Once have I spoken, but I will not answer again; yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.

Question 8

עַל־כֵּ֭ן אֶמְאַ֣ס וְנִחַ֑מְתִּי עַל־עָפָ֥ר וָאֵֽפֶר

Answer 8

Having glimpsed the majesty of God, Job relents. He has no further need to comprehend what is beyond human comprehension. אמאס - to be sick of, fed up with. נחמתי - I let rest, I relent עפר - ashes אפר - ash
Job 42:6
6 Wherefore I abhor my words, and repent, seeing I am dust and ashes.