Keren-Happuch
Keren-Happuch is the youngest daughter of Job in the Book of Job in the Old Testament .
etymology
The Hebrew feminine personal name קֶרֶן הַפּוּךְ qæræn happûkh , German 'Keren Happuch' is one of the one-word names and translates as "eye make-up horn / make-up box". It is a genitive connection. Their defining word is the nounקֶרֶן qæræn , German for horn , means a vessel in the shape of a horn. Its basic word is the passive participleפּוּךְ pûkh , German for eyeshadow . The link is through the definite articleהַ ha , which is placed in front of the basic word.
The Septuagint gives the name with ἀμαλθείας κέρας amaltheias keras , which translated means "cornucopia", the Vulgate with Cornu stibii .
Biblical narration
Job has seven sons and three daughters at the beginning ( Hi 1,2 EU ). In the course of the temptation of Job by Satan, they die when the house of his firstborn son collapses over them, in which they are sitting together and eating ( Hi 1.18–19 EU ). God eventually ends temptations, turns Job's fortunes, and restores his wealth. Job also had seven sons and three daughters. The latter are named, they are called Jemima , Kezia and Keren-Happuch. They are called the most beautiful women in the country. She and her brothers inherit Job's property ( Hi 42.15 EU ).
literature
- Art. קֶרֶן הַפּוּךְ, In: Gesenius, 18th edition 2013 , p. 1195.
- Art. פּוּךְ, In: Gesenius, 18th edition 2013 , p. 1043.
- Hans Rechenmacher : Old Hebrew personal names. Münster 2012, p. 169.