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title: אֶבְרָה — pinion · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶבְרָה (84), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: pinion. BDB 1906: n.f. pinion. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶבְרָה

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«אֶבְרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pinion** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 84 · **BDB:** אֶבְרָה

### Glosses

pinion (2); a.pinion (1); pinions (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pinion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/84/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. pinion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/84/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. pinion (nom. unit., poet.) of ostrich Jb 39:13; אֶבְרָתוֹ of eagle, sim. for י׳ Dt 32:11; metaph. of י׳ ψ 91:4; אֶבְרוֹתֶיהָ of dove ψ 68:14; (all ‖ כּנף).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶבְרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/84/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 39:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.13/)

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כְּנַף־רְנָנִ֥ים נֶעֱלָ֑סָה אִם־אֶ֝בְרָ֗ה חֲסִידָ֥ה וְנֹצָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].wing of.ostriches it.flaps.joyously if a.pinion a.stork and plumage

*JPS 1917:* The wing of the ostrich beateth joyously; but are her pinions and feathers the kindly stork's?

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[Psalms 91:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.91.4/)

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בְּאֶבְרָת֨וֹ ׀ יָ֣סֶךְ לָ֭ךְ וְתַֽחַת־כְּנָפָ֣יו תֶּחְסֶ֑ה צִנָּ֖ה וְֽסֹחֵרָ֣ה אֲמִתּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* with pinion his he.will.cover (to) you and under wings his you.will.take.refuge \[is\].a.shield and a.wall faithfulness his

*JPS 1917:* He will cover thee with His pinions, and under His wings shalt thou take refuge; His truth is a shield and a buckler.

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