On the Arabian aspect of the prophet Job, G.Gertoux has written, in:
The Book of Job: When, Where and Why?
".... the text of Job 6:19 mentions the caravans of Tema (Arabian city south of Teman) and Job 22:24 mentions the gold of Ophir (or Sheba, Psalms 72:15).
The language of Job was presumably Old Canaanite, language of the region at that time, although heavily influenced by Arabic as the names he has given to his daughters are of Arabic origin, like Jemimah (Job 42:14) "dove" in Arabic instead of Jonah "dove" in Hebrew (he also used 26 times the Arabic form Eloah "God", which became Allah, instead of the Hebrew El)".
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