Deuteronomy 32:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, That fluttereth over her young, He spread abroad his wings, he took them, He bare them on his pinions.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כְּנֶ֙שֶׁר֙ יָעִ֣יר קִנּ֔וֹ עַל־גּוֹזָלָ֖יו יְרַחֵ֑ף יִפְרֹ֤שׂ כְּנָפָיו֙ יִקָּחֵ֔הוּ יִשָּׂאֵ֖הוּ עַל־אֶבְרָתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

kənešer yāʿîr qinnô ʿal-gôzālāyw yəraḥēp̄ yip̄rōś kənāp̄āyw yiqqāḥēhû yiśśāʾēhû ʿal-ʾeḇrāṯô

Grammar Details

*kənešer*: preposition + masculine singular noun - like an eagle
*yāʿîr*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he stirs up
*qinnô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his nest
*ʿal*: preposition - on
*gôzālāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his young
*yəraḥēp̄*: Piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he hovers
*yip̄rōś*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he spreads out
*kənāp̄āyw*: feminine dual noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his wings
*yiqqāḥēhû*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he takes him
*yiśśāʾēhû*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he carries him
*ʾeḇrāṯô*: feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his pinion

Word Meanings

*nešer*: eagle/vulture/great bird of prey
*yāʿîr*: stirs up/rouses/awakens
*qinnô*: his nest/his dwelling place
*gôzālāyw*: his young/his nestlings/his offspring
*yəraḥēp̄*: hovers/flutters/broods
*yip̄rōś*: spreads out/expands/stretches
*kənāp̄āyw*: his wings/his extremities
*yiqqāḥēhû*: takes him/receives him/accepts him
*yiśśāʾēhû*: carries him/bears him/lifts him
*ʾeḇrāṯô*: his pinion/his wing/his feather

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Referenced Verses

Exod 19:4 : 4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
Isa 31:5 : 5 As birds hovering, so will Jehovah of hosts protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver [it], he will pass over and preserve [it].
Isa 40:31 : 31 but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
Isa 46:4 : 4 and even to old age I am he, and even to hoar hairs will I carry [you]; I have made, and I will bear; yea, I will carry, and will deliver.
Isa 63:9 : 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
Heb 11:3 : 3 By faith we understand that the worlds have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen hath not been made out of things which appear.
Rev 12:4 : 4 And his tail draweth the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon standeth before the woman that is about to be delivered, that when she is delivered he may devour her child.

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