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Whoמִיsent outשִׁלַּחthe wild donkeyפֶּרֶאfree,חָפְשִׁיand the bondsוּמֹסְרוֹתof the onagerעָרוֹדwhoמִיloosed?פִתֵּחַ
Job 39:5
Study it in the app“Who sent out the wild donkey free, and the bonds of the onager who loosed?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 39:5, word by word
- sent outשִׁלַּחshilach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shilach” appears- the wild donkeyפֶּרֶאpere
wild donkey
Wild donkey of the desert: a free animal no one tames. The image speaks of someone independent.
Where else “pere” appears- freeחָפְשִׁיchafshi
free
Free: no longer a slave; also free from duties.
Where else “chafshi” appears- and the bondsמֹסְרוֹתmosrot
bond, fetter
A bond, a strap that holds; a chain.
Where else “mosrot” appears- of the onagerעָרוֹדarod
wild donkey
Wild donkey, onager of the desert.
Where else “arod” appears- loosedפִתֵּחַfiteach
set free
To free a prisoner, or remove a load.
Where else “fiteach” appears
The context
4Their young ones grow strong, they grow up in the open; they go out and do not return to them.
5 · This verse (above)
6to whom I gave the steppe as his home, and as his dwellings the salt land.