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who teaches usמַלְּפֵנוּmore than the beastsמִבַּהֲמוֹתof the earth,אָרֶץand more than the birdsוּמֵעוֹףof the heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםmakes us wise?’יְחַכְּמֵנוּ
Job 35:11
Study it in the app“who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and more than the birds of the heavens makes us wise?’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 35:11, word by word
- who teaches usמַלְּפֵmalfe
learn, teach
To learn; in another form of the verb, to teach.
Where else “malfe” appears- more than the beastsבַּהֲמוֹתbahamot
beast
Animals in general.
Where else “bahamot” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- and more than the birdsעוֹףof
bird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appears- of the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- makes us wise?’יְחַכְּמֵyechakme
be wise
Be wise, act wisely; in Exodus 1:10, act shrewdly.
Where else “yechakme” appears
The context
10But no one says, ‘Where is Eloah my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
11 · This verse (above)
12There they cry out, but he does not answer, because of the haughtiness of evil men.