Job 9:26

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Hab 1:8 : 8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
Isa 18:2 : 2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
Jer 4:13 : 13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
Lam 4:19 : 19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued 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 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? 28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. 29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold 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; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

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