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title: אֵבֶר — pinions · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֵבֶר (83), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: pinions. BDB 1906: pinions. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֵבֶר

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«אֵבֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pinions** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 83 · **BDB:** אֵ֫בֶר

### Glosses

wing\[s\] (2); wing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pinions [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/83/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pinions [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/83/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] pinions (from strength, poet. \& fig., pl. in sense) as of dove ψ 55:7; eagle Is 40:31; אֶרֶךְ הָא׳ of king, of Babyl. under fig. of eagle Ez 17:3 (‖ גְּדוֹל הַכְּנָפַיִם of broad, overshadowing wings).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֵבֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/83/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 55:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.55.7/)

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וָאֹמַ֗ר מִֽי־יִתֶּן־לִּ֣י אֵ֭בֶר כַּיּוֹנָ֗ה אָע֥וּפָה וְאֶשְׁכֹּֽנָה׃

*Word for word:* and I.said who? will.he.give \[will belong\].to.me wing\[s\] like (the) dove I.want.to.fly.away and I.want.to.settle.down

*JPS 1917:* And I said: 'Oh that I had wings like a dove! then would I fly away, and be at rest.

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[Isaiah 40:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.40.31/)

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וְקוֹיֵ֤ יְהוָה֙ יַחֲלִ֣יפוּ כֹ֔חַ יַעֲל֥וּ אֵ֖בֶר כַּנְּשָׁרִ֑ים יָר֙וּצוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יִיגָ֔עוּ יֵלְכ֖וּ וְלֹ֥א יִיעָֽפוּ׃פ

*Word for word:* and \[those.who\].wait.for (of).Yahweh they.will.renew strength they.will.go.up wing\[s\] like (the) eagles they.will.run and not they.will.become.weary they.will.walk and not they.will.grow.weary

*JPS 1917:* But they that wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

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