Study it in the app“He found him in a land of wilderness, and in an emptiness of howling, a wasteland; he surrounded him, he cared for him, he guarded him like the pupil of his eye.”
He found himיִמְצָאֵהוּin a landבְּאֶרֶץof wilderness,מִדְבָּרand in an emptinessוּבְתֹהוּof howling,יְלֵלa wasteland;יְשִׁמֹןhe surrounded him,יְסֹבְבֶנְהוּhe cared for him,יְבוֹנְנֵהוּhe guarded himיִצְּרֶנְהוּlike the pupilכְּאִישׁוֹןof his eye.עֵינוֹ
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “yimtsae” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appearsformlessness
Without form or order, like the earth at first, or a desolate place.
Where else “tohu” appearshowling
Howling, like that of wild beasts in the wilderness.
Where else “yelel” appearswasteland
Wasteland, desolation: desert land with no inhabitants.
Where else “yeshimon” appearssurround
To enclose someone or something on every side.
Where else “yesovve” appearsconsider
To look carefully at something in order to tell it apart.
Where else “yevonne” appearsguard
To be watchful in looking after and protecting someone or something.
Where else “yitsre” appearspupil
The centre of the eye: what one guards most.
Where else “ishon” appearseye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “en” appears9For the portion of YHWH is his people, Jacob the allotment of his inheritance.
10 · This verse (above)
11Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that hovers over its young, he spread out his wings, took him, carried him on his pinions.
