King James Version
Job 42:14 in the King James Version says “And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.” — study this verse from Job chapter 42 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.”
Job 42:14 · KJV
So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
He had also seven sons and three daughters.
And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.
And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And he called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“and the name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“and the name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“and the name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“of the third”
H7992third; feminine a third (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
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