Study it in the app“And the pelican and the hedgehog will possess it, and the ibis and the raven will dwell in it; and he will stretch over it the line of formlessness and the stones of emptiness.”
And the pelicanוִ הָ קָאַתand the hedgehogוְקִפּוֹדwill possess it,ירֵשׁוּand the ibisוְיַנְשׁוֹףand the ravenוְעֹרֵבwill dwellיִשְׁכְּנוּin it;בָהּand he will stretchוְנָטָהover itעָלֶיהָthe lineקַוof formlessnessתֹהוּand the stonesוְאַבְנֵיof emptiness.בֹהוּ
pelican
A bird of the wilderness and of ruins; perhaps the pelican.
Where else “kaat” appearshedgehog? (uncertain)
An animal of desolate places; the identification is uncertain: hedgehog or porcupine, or a bird such as the bittern.
Where else “kipod” appearspossess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “yreshu” appearsowl, ibis (uncertain)
An unclean bird of uncertain identity: a great owl or an ibis.
Where else “yanshof” appearsraven
Raven.
Where else “orev” appearsdwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “yishknu” appearsstretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “nata” appearsmeasuring line
A stretched cord used to measure and mark out exactly.
Where else “kav” appearsformlessness
Without form or order, like the earth at first, or a desolate place.
Where else “tohu” appearsstone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avne” appearsvoid
Empty, void, with nothing and no one. It appears with the previous word ("formless and void") to describe the earth before God set it in order and filled it with life.
Where else “vohu” appears“Formlessness” and “emptiness” are the words of Genesis 1:2; it can be understood that the earth again becomes as it was before creation.
10Night and day it will not be quenched; forever its smoke will rise; from generation to generation it will lie waste; for ever and ever no one will pass through it.
11 · This verse (above)
12Its nobles, and there is no kingdom there that they will proclaim, and all its princes will be nothing.
