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Iyov's plight of severe physical suffering and his consolation from his three close friends Eliphaz Hateimani, Bildad hashuchi and Tzofar Hanaamasi explaining Divine Justice, and eventual rebuilding his Life

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Does Job 32:2 suggest that Elihu was a Hebrew?

The verse in question: But Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God. Elihu's mini-genealogy is most familial information we're given about anyone in the book. Is there…
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What does the phrase " שְֽׁלַֽח־נָ֣א יָֽדְךָ֔ וְגַ֖ע " from Iyov 1:11 and 2:5 mean?

When reading Iyov 1:11 and 2:5 the phrase " שְֽׁלַֽח־נָ֣א יָֽדְךָ֔ וְגַ֖ע " means what specifically? How is the imperative request "please-Send Your-Hand and-Touch" suppose to be understood in a physical world?
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Did Iyov do anything to deserve losing his family?

In Iyov 1:18-19 we read: While this one was still talking, another one came and said, "Your sons and daughters were dining and drinking wine at the home of their firstborn brother, when, behold, a great wind came from the other side of the desert,…
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