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# job

noun (job, jobs)

«job» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A job is the work someone does to earn money: «Her job is a nurse». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/#m1)
2. A job is a task or piece of work: «My job is to feed the cat». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/#m2)
3. «Good job!» or «well done» says someone did something well. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/#m3)
4. «Do the job» means work well enough. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/#m4)

### In the lessons

In school maths: a task done at a rate or for pay; jobs shared among people; pay per job (jobs × pay). In everyday life: jobs at home (chores), classroom jobs like monitor, people's jobs in the community (doctor, firefighter, teacher). Phrases: «a part-time job», «do a good job», «good job!», «odd jobs», «job done».

### Examples

- He earns 10 dollars for each job. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/#x1)
- The job takes 3 hours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/#x2)
- 2 people share the job. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/#x3)
- How many jobs does she do in a week? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/#x4)
- My mum's job is at the hospital. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/#x5)
- It's my job to water the plants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/#x6)
- Good job on your spelling test! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/#x7)
- He does odd jobs for the neighbours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/#x8)
- The job must wait till the morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/#x9)

### Note

Countable: «a job», «jobs» (but «work» is uncountable). Maths: a unit of work; pay per job gives multiplication. Trap: when 2 people share a job, the time or the pay is split.

## In Jewish tradition

Here Job is the name of a book of the Bible and of its main character, a righteous man who suffers and speaks with God.

**Interpretation.** Job belongs to the Writings, the third part of the Tanakh. Its poetry is a source of ideas about depth and mystery that Sefer Yetzirah draws on. Tradition reads God's answer to Job as showing that human beings cannot fully understand God's ways.

### Examples

- This particular phraseology is one of several hints that the SY may share a particular literary affiliation with the Sifre Emet, the poems of Psalms, Proverbs, and Job. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/job/#x1)
- This enigmatic expression appears only once in the Tanakh, in \[Job 26:7\], where in a harkening back to \[Genesis 1:2\] it serves as a parallelism of primarial tohu. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/job/#x2)
- Depth \[note 15: עוֹמֶק ʽomeq ‘depth’ here is based on the metaphor of עֲמֻקָּה ʽamuqqah ‘deepness’ as a symbol of divine mystery, as found in Biblical poetry, ex. \[Job 11:8\], \[Psalms 64:7\], \[Ecclesiastes 7:24\]. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/job/#x3)
- The words of Job are ended. (Writings JOB.31.40, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/job/#x4)
- Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said: (Writings JOB.40.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/job/#x5)
- Then Job answered the LORD, and said: (Writings JOB.40.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/job/#x6)

### Note

Countable: «a job», «jobs» (but «work» is uncountable). Maths: a unit of work; pay per job gives multiplication. Trap: when 2 people share a job, the time or the pay is split.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «job» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«job» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/job.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «job» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/job/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«job» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/job.html) on Mova free.