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Deuteronomy 32:11
“As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
נֶשֶׁרnesher · neh'-sher
H5404 · Hebrew
H5404 · Hebrew
- Definition
- the eagle (or other large bird of prey)
- Derivation
- from an unused root meaning to lacerate;
- KJV renderings
- eagle.
- Grammar
- כְּ — preposition
- נֶ֨שֶׁר֙ — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 26 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 19:4Leviticus 11:13Deuteronomy 14:12Deuteronomy 28:492 Samuel 1:23
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נֶשֶׁר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.