ʔyb / Semitic roots

ʔyb

To be(come) hostile to, hate; in nominal forms, enemy.

Job, from Hebrew ʔiyyôb, perhaps akin to Hebrew ʔōyēb, enemy, participle of ʔāyab, to hate. (Alternatively, ʔiyyôb may mean "where is the father?"; see ʔb and ʔyy.)

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