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On the cragסֶלַעit dwellsיִשְׁכֹּןand spends the night,וְיִתְלֹנָןonעַלthe toothשֶׁןof the cragסֶלַעand the stronghold.וּמְצוּדָה
Job 39:28
Study it in the app“On the crag it dwells and spends the night, on the tooth of the crag and the stronghold.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 39:28, word by word
- On the cragסֶלַעsela
crag
A great mountain stone, a place of refuge.
Where else “sela” appears- it dwellsיִשְׁכֹּןyishkon
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “yishkon” appears- and spends the nightיִתְלֹנָןyitlonan
spend the night
To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.
Where else “yitlonan” appears- the toothשֶׁןshen
tooth
The hard piece in the mouth used to bite and chew.
Where else “shen” appears- and the strongholdמְצוּדָהmetsuda
stronghold
A safe, fortified refuge; David calls God this.
Where else “metsuda” appears
The context
27Or at your command does the eagle mount up, and is it that it sets on high its nest?
28 · This verse (above)
29From there it searches out food; from afar its eyes look.