who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’Job 35:11
Original language and places
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Original language (Hebrew)
מַ֭לְּפֵנוּ מִבַּהֲמ֣וֹת אָ֑רֶץ וּמֵע֖וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ׃
- מַ֭לְּפֵנוּMa.le.fe.nu“[who] teaches us”Verb, piel, participle (active), masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, plural · from אָלַף · “to teach|learn” · Strong's H0502
- מִבַּהֲמ֣וֹתmi.ba.ha.Mot“more than [the] animals of”Preposition + Noun, feminine, plural, construct · from בְּהֵמָה · “animal” · Strong's H0929
- אָ֑רֶץ'A.retz“[the] earth”Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from אֶ֫רֶץ · “soil” · Strong's H0776H
- וּמֵע֖וֹףu.me.'of“and more than [the] bird[s] of”Conjunction + Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from עוֹף · “bird” · Strong's H5775
- הַשָּׁמַ֣יִםha.sha.Ma.yim“the heavens”Definite article + Noun, masculine, plural, absolute · from שָׁמַיִם · “heaven” · Strong's H8064
- יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ׃ye.cha.ke.Me.nu“he makes wise us”Verb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, plural · from חָכַם · “be wise” · Strong's H2449
- Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)