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Can you huntהֲתָצוּדpreyטָרֶףfor the lioness,לְלָבִיאor the appetiteוְחַיַּתof the young lionsכְּפִירִיםfill,תְּמַלֵּא
Job 38:39
Study it in the app“Can you hunt prey for the lioness, or the appetite of the young lions fill,”
God asks Job who prepares the lioness's prey and the raven's foodProvidence
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 38:39, word by word
- Can you huntתָצוּדtatsud
hunt
To track down animals, or pursue someone.
Where else “tatsud” appears- preyטָרֶףtaref
prey
What the beast hunts and devours.
Where else “taref” appears- for the lionessלָבִיאlavi
lioness
Lioness (or full-grown lion).
Where else “lavi” appears- or the appetiteחַיַּתchayat
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chayat” appears- of the young lionsכְּפִירִיםkefirim
young lion
A young, strong lion.
Where else “kefirim” appears- fillתְּמַלֵּאtemale
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “temale” appears
The context
38when the dust is poured into a mass, and the clods stick together?
39 · This verse (above)
40when they crouch in their dwellings and lie in the thicket in ambush?