Deuteronomy 32:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:

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 flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
Isa 40:31 : 31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Isa 46:4 : 4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
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 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
Rev 12:4 : 4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

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