Job 39:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; [But] are they the pinions and plumage of love?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כְּנַף־רְנָנִ֥ים נֶעֱלָ֑סָה אִם־אֶ֝בְרָ֗ה חֲסִידָ֥ה וְנֹצָֽה׃

Transliteration

kənap-rənānîm neʿĕlāsāh ʾim-ʾebrāh ḥăsîdāh wə-nōṣāh

Grammar Details

*kənap*: construct state, feminine singular - wing of
*rənānîm*: masculine plural absolute - ostriches
*neʿĕlāsāh*: niphal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it is exultant
*ʾim*: interrogative particle - is?
*ʾebrāh*: feminine singular absolute - pinion/wing
*ḥăsîdāh*: feminine singular absolute - stork
*wə*: conjunction - and
*nōṣāh*: feminine singular absolute - plumage/feather

Word Meanings

*kənap*: wing/extremity
*rənānîm*: ostriches/joyous birds
*neʿĕlāsāh*: is exultant/flaps joyfully/beats proudly
*ʾebrāh*: pinion/wing/feather
*ḥăsîdāh*: stork/kind bird
*nōṣāh*: plumage/feather/pinion

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Jer 8:7 : 7 Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the law of Jehovah.
Zech 5:9 : 9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came forth two women, and the wind was in their wings; now they had wings like the wings of a stork; and they lifted up the ephah between earth and heaven.
Lev 11:19 : 19 and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
1 Kgs 10:22 : 22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
2 Chr 9:21 : 21 For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years came the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
Job 30:29 : 29 I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.
Ps 104:17 : 17 Where the birds make their nests: As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.

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