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Like an eagleכְּנֶשֶׁרthat stirs upיָעִירits nest,קִנּוֹthat hoversיְרַחֵףoverעַלits young,גּוֹזָלָיוhe spread outיִפְרֹשׂhis wings,כְּנָפָיוtook him,יִקָּחֵהוּcarried himיִשָּׂאֵהוּonעַלhis pinions.אֶבְרָתוֹ
Deuteronomy 32:11
Study it in the app“Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that hovers over its young, he spread out his wings, took him, carried him on his pinions.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 32:11, word by word
- Like an eagleנֶשֶׁרnesher
eagle, vulture
Eagle; it may also refer to another large bird of prey, such as the vulture.
Where else “nesher” appears- that stirs upיָעִירyair
awake
To rouse from sleep or inactivity; in prayer, to ask God to act.
Where else “yair” appears- its nestקִנּkin
nest
The place where a bird lays its eggs and raises its young.
Where else “kin” appears- that hoversיְרַחֵףyerachef
hover
To move gently above something, like a bird over its nest.
Where else “yerachef” appears- its youngגּוֹזָלָיgozalay
young bird
Young bird, nestling; a young pigeon.
Where else “gozalay” appears- he spread outיִפְרֹשׂyifros
spread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “yifros” appears- his wingsכְּנָפָיkenafay
wing
A bird's wing; shelter under God's wings.
Where else “kenafay” appears- took himיִקָּחֵyikache
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikache” appears- carried himיִשָּׂאֵyisae
carry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “yisae” appears- his pinionsאֶבְרָתevrat
pinions
The long wing feathers with which a bird flies and carries.
Where else “evrat” appears
Translation note
The same image is in Exodus 19:4.
The context
10He 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.
11 · This verse (above)
12YHWH alone led him, and there was no foreign god with him.