| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix II
Semitic Roots |
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| ENTRY: |  yb. |
| DEFINITION: | To be(come) hostile to, hate; in nominal forms, enemy. Job, from Hebrew iyyôb, perhaps akin to Hebrew  y b, enemy, participle of  yab, to hate. (Alternatively, iyyôb may mean “where is the father?”; see b and yy.) |
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