Isaiah 60:8

“Who are these that fly like a cloud, and like doves to their windows?”

Isaiah 60:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 60:8, word by word

that flyתְּעוּפֶינָהteufena

fly

To move through the air with wings, like birds and seraphim.

Where else “teufena” appears
like a cloudעָבav

thick cloud

A dark, laden cloud that brings rain or storm.

Where else “av” appears
and like dovesיּוֹנִיםyonim

dove

A gentle bird that flies out and returns to the place it came from.

Where else “yonim” appears
to their windowsאֲרֻבֹּתֵיarubote

window

An opening in a house wall through which light and air come in.

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The context

7All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you; they will go up with favor on my altar, and the house of my beauty I will beautify.

8 · This verse (above)

9For the coastlands will wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your sons from far away, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of YHWH your Elohim, and for the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you.

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