job

Everyday

1. A job is the work someone does to earn money: «Her job is a nurse». tree →
2. A job is a task or piece of work: «My job is to feed the cat». tree →
3. «Good job!» or «well done» says someone did something well. tree →
4. «Do the job» means work well enough. tree →

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 →
• The job takes 3 hours. tree →
• 2 people share the job. tree →
• How many jobs does she do in a week? tree →
• My mum's job is at the hospital. tree →
• It's my job to water the plants. tree →
• Good job on your spelling test! tree →
• He does odd jobs for the neighbours. tree →
• The job must wait till the morning. tree →

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 →
• 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 →
• 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 →
• The words of Job are ended. (Writings JOB.31.40, JPS 1917) tree →
• Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said: (Writings JOB.40.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then Job answered the LORD, and said: (Writings JOB.40.3, JPS 1917) tree →

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.