Job 9:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חָ֭לְפוּ עִם־אֳנִיּ֣וֹת אֵבֶ֑ה כְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁר יָט֥וּשׂ עֲלֵי־אֹֽכֶל׃

Transliteration

ḥālpû ʿim-ʾŏniyyôt ʾēbeh kə-nešer yāṭûś ʿălê-ʾōkel

Grammar Details

*ḥālpû*: qal perfect 3rd common plural - they pass away
*ʿim-ʾŏniyyôt*: preposition + feminine plural noun - with ships of
*ʾēbeh*: noun - reed/papyrus
*kə-nešer*: preposition + masculine singular noun - like an eagle
*yāṭûś*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - swoops
*ʿălê-ʾōkel*: preposition + masculine singular noun - upon food

Word Meanings

*ḥālpû*: to pass, slip away, go by
*ʾŏniyyôt*: ships, vessels, boats
*ʾēbeh*: reed, papyrus (swift boats)
*nešer*: eagle, vulture, large bird of prey
*yāṭûś*: to swoop down, dart, pounce
*ʾōkel*: food, prey, meal

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Hab 1:8 : 8 Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen press proudly on: yea, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.
Isa 18:2 : 2 that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters, [saying], Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide!
Jer 4:13 : 13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots [shall be] as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are ruined.
Lam 4:19 : 19 Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens: They chased us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
2 Sam 1:23 : 23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, And in their death they were not divided: They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions.
Job 39:27-30 : 27 Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high? 28 On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home, Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold. 29 From thence she spieth out the prey; Her eyes behold it afar off. 30 Her young ones also suck up blood: And where the slain are, there is she.
Prov 23:5 : 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For [riches] certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

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