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who givesנוֹתֵןto the livestockלִבְהֵמָהits food,לַחְמָהּto the youngלִבְנֵיof the ravenעֹרֵבthatאֲשֶׁרcry out.יִקְרָאוּ
Psalms 147:9
Study it in the app“who gives to the livestock its food, to the young of the raven that cry out.”
The psalmist sees God giving rain, grass, and food to the young ravensProvidence
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 147:9, word by word
- who givesנוֹתֵןnoten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “noten” appears- to the livestockבְהֵמָהvehema
livestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “vehema” appears- its foodלַחְמָlachma
food
Everything eaten at the table, even if it is not bread.
Where else “lachma” appears- to the youngבְנֵיvene
young
An animal's offspring, its little one.
Where else “vene” appears- of the ravenעֹרֵבorev
raven
Raven.
Where else “orev” appears- cry outיִקְרָאוּyikrau
cry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “yikrau” appears
The context
8who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes sprout grass on the mountains,
9 · This verse (above)
10Not in the strength of the horse does he delight, nor in the legs of a man does he take pleasure.