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Job reader

BH-R07Biblical HebrewMasoretic Hebrew of Tanakh

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST

וַיָּקׇם אִיּוֹב וַיִּקְרַע אֶת־מְעִלוֹ וַיָּגׇז אֶת־רֹאשׁוֹ וַיִּפֹּל אַרְצָה וַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ׃ וַיֹּאמֶר עָרֹם יָצָתִי מִבֶּטֶן אִמִּי וְעָרֹם אָשׁוּב שָׁמָּה יְהֹוָה נָתַן וַֽיהֹוָה לָקָח יְהִי שֵׁם יְהֹוָה מְבֹרָֽךְ׃ בְּכׇל־זֹאת לֹא־חָטָא אִיּוֹב וְלֹא־נָתַן תִּפְלָה לֵאלֹהִֽים׃

Pedagogical transliterationarom yatsati mi-beten immi ... Hashem natan va-Hashem laqaḥ

Plain meaningJob 1:20–22: Job mourns, worships, speaks, and is judged not to have sinned with his lips.
Pointing follows Miqra according to the Masorah (MAM); cantillation is omitted on the lesson card for visual focus. The verification evidence retains the exact MAM and OSHB/WLC readings and any witness difference.

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Job reader

Verse 20 gives five sequential actions. Verse 21 balances עָרֹם יָצָתִי with וְעָרֹם אָשׁוּב, then יְהוָה נָתַן with וַיהוָה לָקָח. Verse 22 supplies the narrator’s evaluation. Because MAM and OSHB/WLC differ in the spelling of יָצָתִי/יָצָאתִי, this reader names the difference rather than silently choosing a hybrid.

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וַיָּקׇם אִיּוֹב וַיִּקְרַע אֶת־מְעִלוֹ וַיָּגׇז אֶת־רֹאשׁוֹ וַיִּפֹּל אַרְצָה וַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ׃ וַיֹּאמֶר עָרֹם יָצָתִי מִבֶּטֶן אִמִּי וְעָרֹם אָשׁוּב שָׁמָּה יְהֹוָה נָתַן וַֽיהֹוָה לָקָח יְהִי שֵׁם יְהֹוָה מְבֹרָֽךְ׃ בְּכׇל־זֹאת לֹא־חָטָא אִיּוֹב וְלֹא־נָתַן תִּפְלָה לֵאלֹהִֽים׃
ORIGINAL

BH-R07

arom yatsati mi-beten immi ... Hashem natan va-Hashem laqaḥ
READING

Pedagogical reading guide

Job 1:20–22: Job mourns, worships, speaks, and is judged not to have sinned with his lips.
MEANING

Biblical Hebrew

1:20 grief-action sequence · 1:21 paired origin/return and giving/taking clauses + blessing · 1:22 narrator’s evaluation

EXAMPLES

Examples supplied by the approved curriculum.

Close translation — ‘Job arose, tore his robe, shaved his head, fell to the ground, and bowed. He said: Naked I came out from my mother’s womb, and naked I shall return there. Hashem gave and Hashem took; may the name of Hashem be blessed. In all this Job did not sin and did not ascribe impropriety to God.’

SOURCE REFERENCE

Job 1:20–22

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APPROVED STUDY LAYERS

Source-specific guidance from the curriculum.

Learning objective

Read compact Joban prose-poetry while tracking action sequence, paired clauses, and an explicit textual witness difference.

Morphology and syntax

OSHB independently analyzes the wayyiqtol action chain and the first-person perfect/imperfect forms; its token reflects the WLC spelling יָצָאתִי.

Practice

List the five actions in verse 20. Match the two balanced pairs in verse 21. State the exact MAM/OSHB spelling difference.

Answer key

Actions: וַיָּקָם, וַיִּקְרַע, וַיָּגָז, וַיִּפֹּל, וַיִּשְׁתָּחוּ. Pairs: עָרֹם יָצָתִי / וְעָרֹם אָשׁוּב; יְהוָה נָתַן / וַיהוָה לָקָח. MAM: יָצָתִי; OSHB/WLC: יָצָאתִי.

Source notes

Displayed text follows MAM, including יָצָתִי. OSHB/WLC has יָצָאתִי. The difference is consonantal and is preserved in the evidence record.

REMEMBER

A witness difference must be named, not normalized away.