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Is it by your understandingהֲמִבִּינָתְךָthat the hawkנֵץflies,יַאֲבֶרand spreadsיִפְרֹשׂits wingsכְּנָפָיוtoward the south?לְתֵימָן
Job 39:26
Study it in the app“Is it by your understanding that the hawk flies, and spreads its wings toward the south?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 39:26, word by word
- Is it by your understandingבִּינָתְbinat
understanding
Understanding: the ability to comprehend and to tell one thing from another.
Where else “binat” appears- that the hawkנֵץnets
hawk
A swift bird of prey with sharp sight, flying with wings stretched out.
Where else “nets” appears- fliesיַאֲבֶרyaaver
soar
To fly high, to soar. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 39:26).
Where else “yaaver” appears- and spreadsיִפְרֹשׂyifros
spread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “yifros” appears- its wingsכְּנָפָיkenafay
wing
A bird's wing; shelter under God's wings.
Where else “kenafay” appears- toward the southתֵימָןteman
south
South; also the south wind.
Where else “teman” appears
The context
25At every horn he says, ‘Aha!’ and from afar he smells the war, the thunder of the commanders and the acclamation.
26 · This verse (above)
27Or at your command does the eagle mount up, and is it that it sets on high its nest?