Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

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From: "Herman Meester" <crazymulgogi AT gmail.com>

> Dear Karl,
> If we have a dagesh in the Nun of QNW, the chance that it derives of
> QNN is much higher than that it derives of QNH. However, it is of
> course possible that the two roots are in a way related
> etymologically, but I wonder if that's still relevant for this text.
> To resolve your problem that the nest would be too large for the
> eagle, I think we are dealing with the poetic style of "pars pro
> toto", or something similar that I can't find a nice word for, i.e.
> using a word that is only part of something else, so "nest" here is
> "offspring".
> Cf. the frequent use of BYT like in "house of David" where BYT means
> "family" or "lineage".
> best regards,
> Herman
> 
Herman:

Good answer. I hadn't considered that QN nest 
referred indirectly to the chicks, and not 
necessarily to the physical nest itself.

Therefore the meaning comes to that as the 
eagle causes to arouse its nest (chicks) and 
settles down on its chicks, he spreads his 
wings and takes him and lifts him up on his 
soaring feathers.

The physical nest is just too large to fit this 
passage, but as an indirect reference to the 
chicks, it certainly fits.

Looking at the further context of the verses 
around this particular verse, there are other 
references to the eagle's actions as symbols 
of God's actions towards Israel.

Karl W. Randolph.

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