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Whoמִיprovidesיָכִיןfor the ravenלָעֹרֵבits prey,צֵידוֹwhenכִּיits youngיְלָדָיוcry for helpיְשַׁוֵּעוּtoאֶלElאֵלand wanderיִתְעוּwithoutלִבְלִיfood?אֹכֶל
Job 38:41
Study it in the app“Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young cry for help to El and wander without food?”
God asks Job who prepares the lioness's prey and the raven's foodProvidence
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 38:41, word by word
- providesיָכִיןyachin
prepare
To get something set and done beforehand.
Where else “yachin” appears- for the ravenעֹרֵבorev
raven
Raven.
Where else “orev” appears- its preyצֵידtsed
game
What is hunted.
Where else “tsed” appears- its youngיְלָדָיyeladay
young
An animal's offspring.
Where else “yeladay” appears- cry for helpיְשַׁוֵּעוּyeshaveu
cry for help
To cry out for help, to call aloud to be rescued.
Where else “yeshaveu” appears- Elאֵלel
El, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appears- and wanderיִתְעוּyitu
wander, go astray
Wander, go astray, be lost; in the causative form, make wander, lead astray.
Where else “yitu” appears- withoutבְלִיveli
without; not
Without; not; nothing.
Where else “veli” appears- foodאֹכֶלochel
food
Food, provisions.
Where else “ochel” appears
The context
40when they crouch in their dwellings and lie in the thicket in ambush?
41 · This verse (above)