Job 39:26

Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
Select a Hebrew word above to see its details.

הֲֽ֭ מִ בִּינָ֣תְ ךָ
הֲֽ֭
Prefix — question marker turns the sentence into a question
מִ
Prefix — preposition from, out of
בִּינָ֣תְ
Root word understanding, wisdom, knowledge, meaning, perfectly, …
ךָ
Suffix — pronoun your / you (one man)
Dictionary form: בִּינָה · bee-NAW

הֲ
Question marker This opening ה is not "the" — pointed הֲ (not הַ with a doubling dagesh) it turns the sentence into a question. Read the clause with a "?".

Noun — Common, feminine singular, construct state "___ of …" — bound to the next word

In the KJV here: by thy wisdom
understanding ×9 and understanding ×6 of understanding ×4 is understanding ×2 after knowledge ×1 am understanding ×1 and had understanding ×1 and the understanding ×1
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understanding — Modernized from KJV; broadest and most natural fit.
discernment — Emphasizes careful judgment and perceptive insight.
insight — Good for contexts of deep, intuitive comprehension.
wisdom — Prefer when practical, applied knowledge is in view.
comprehension — Suits intellectual or cognitive grasp of meaning.
intelligence — Use when innate mental capacity is being highlighted.

BDB1039 H998

BDB1038 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB1040

בִּינָה noun feminine understanding 1Chr 12:32 + 28 t.; construct בִּינַת Prov 30:2; Isa 29:14 suffix בִּינָתִי Job 20:3 + 4 t.; plural בִּינוֺת Isa 27:11

2. the faculty Job 20:3; Job 39:26; Prov 3:5; Prov 23:4; Prov 30:2; Isa 27:11 קנה בינה get understanding Prov 4:5; Prov 4:7; Prov 16:16.
4. personified Prov 2:8; Prov 7:4; Prov 8:14.


BDB9370 H998 H999

BDB9369 | BIBLICAL ARAMAIC | BDB9371

בִּינָה noun feminine understanding (Biblical Hebrew; √; ᵑ7 בִּיוּנָא, Syriac ); — absolute ׳ב Dan 2:21.

understanding, wisdom, knowledge, meaning, perfectly, …
bînâ
understanding
  • understanding, discernment
    • act
    • "faculty"object"personified

יַֽאֲבֶר
יַֽאֲבֶר
Root word fly
Dictionary form: אָבַר · aw-BAHR

Verb — Hiphil, Imperfect (Yiqtol), third person masculine singular causative — "he made (someone) do" not-yet-complete action — try "he will ___" or "he ___s" the built-in subject is "he (or it)"

In the KJV here: fly
fly ×1
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fly — Most natural modern rendering; direct and universal.
soar — Emphasizes effortless, elevated flight; poetic contexts.
take wing — Highlights the act of launching into flight.
glide — Suggests smooth, sustained flight without flapping.

BDB74 H82

BDB73 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB75

[אָבַר verb denominative Hiph`il fly (= move pinions); of hawk יַאֲבֶרנֵֿץ Job 39:29.

fly
ʾābar
to soar
  • (Hiphil) to fly (to move wings)

נֵ֑ץ
נֵ֑ץ
Root word hawk, blossoms
Dictionary form: נֵץ · nayts

Noun — Common, masculine singular, absolute state

In the KJV here: doth the hawk
and her blossoms ×1 and the hawk ×1 doth the hawk ×1 the hawk ×1
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hawk — Most common sense; bird of prey contexts.
falcon — More specific raptor; fits poetic or precise contexts.
blossom — Botanical sense; use when context is flora, not fauna.
flower — Broader botanical term; accessible to general readers.
raptor — Generic bird-of-prey; useful when species is uncertain.

BDB5340 H5322

BDB5339 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB5341

I. [נֵץ] noun masculine only suffix נִצָּהּ Gen 40:10, see following


BDB5345 H5322

BDB5344 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB5346

II. נֵץ noun masculine a bird of prey, generic name, including hawk and falcon (TristrNHB; accipiter BoHieroz. ii. 266 ff.; ed. Rosenm. iii. 5 ff., compare NowArchaeology i.116); — unclean bird, Lev 11:16 (P), Deut 14:15 (varieties, לְמִינֵהוּ); bird of passage Job 39:26.

hawk, blossoms
nēṣ
a flower (from its brilliancy)
  • blossom
  • "a unclean bird of prey
    • hawk, falcon
    • "perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown

יִפְרֹ֖שׂ
יִפְרֹ֖שׂ
Root word spread, forth, out, abroad, spreadeth, …
Dictionary form: פָּרַשׂ · paw-RAHS

Verb — Qal, Imperfect (Yiqtol), third person masculine singular simple action — "he did" not-yet-complete action — try "he will ___" or "he ___s" the built-in subject is "he (or it)"

In the KJV here: and stretch
and spread ×7 and spread forth ×4 spread ×4 and they shall spread ×3 and shall spread ×2 spread forth ×2 spreadeth forth ×2 they shall spread ×2
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spread — Most versatile; covers wings, nets, garments, hands.
stretch out — Prefer when extending hands or arms toward something.
unfurl — Vivid for wings or sails being spread wide.
open wide — Good for hands or palms spread in prayer or supplication.
lay out — Suits spreading a cloth, garment, or covering flat.
scatter — Use when the spreading implies dispersal over an area.

BDB6823 H6566

BDB6822 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB6824

פָּרַשׂ verb spread out, spread (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic ᵑ7 פְּרַס (rare), Syriac ; compare Assyrian parašu, fly (derived species; properly spread [wings]); see also ZA i. 417); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳פ Lam 1:10 +; 2 masculine singular וּפָרַשְׂתָּ֫ Job 11:13; Ruth 3:9, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִפְרשֹׁ Deut 32:11 +; 3 feminine singular וַתִּפְרשֹׁ 2Sam 17:19, etc.; Participle active פּוֺרֵשׂ Prov 29:5 etc.; passive פָּרֻשׂ Joel 2:2 feminine singular פְּרוּשָׂה Hos 5:1 plural פְּרֻשׂוֺת 1Kgs 8:54
1. spread out a garment (שִׂמְלָה) Judg 8:25, + לִפְנֵי person Deut 22:17 — wings Deut 32:11; 1Kgs 6:27 (read כַּנְפֵיהֶם ᵐ5 Sta Kmp Kit Benz), + עַל Jer 49:22 (fig), + אֶל Jer 48:40; 1Kgs 8:7 = 2Chr 5:3 (עַל), + ל Job 39:26, לְמַעְלָה Exod 25:20; Exod 37:9 wings omitted 1Chr 28:18 and perhaps 2Chr 3:13 (strike out כַּנְפֵי Be); of ׳י, עָלָיו אוֺרוֺ ׳פ Job 36:30 spread out writing, לִפְנֵי Pers. 2Kgs 19:14 = Isa 37:14; Ezek 2:10 sail Isa 33:23 fishingnet, מִכְמֶרֶת Isa 19:8 (עַל location); net (רֶשֶׁת) as snare, figurative Hos 5:1 (עַל location), Ps 140:6, לְרַגְלַי Lam 1:13, with עַל person Hos 7:12 (of ׳י, Ezek 12:13 = Ezek 17:20; Ezek 19:8; Ezek 32:3, עַלעְֲָֿמָיו Prov 29:5 כַּפַּיִם ׳פ in prayer, + אַל Exod 9:29; Exod 9:33 (J), 1Kgs 8:38 = 2Chr 6:29; Ezra 9:5; Job 11:13, +, ל Ps 44:21, +, הַשָּׁמַיִם 1Kgs 8:22 = 2Chr 6:13 (הַשָּׁמָ֑יְמָה), 1Kgs 8:54, no complem. 2Chr 6:12 of almsgiving, כַּפָּהּ פָּֽרְשָׂה לֶעָנִי Prov 31:20 יַד ׳פ, with עַל of thing, Lam 1:10 of enemy's greed (si vera lectio, see Bu); spread out = display וּכְסִיל יִפְרשֹׁ אִוֶּלֶת Prov 13:16.
2. spread covering over 2Sam 17:19 (מָסָךְ + עַלפְּֿנֵי of thing), הַמַּכְבֵּר over (עַל) face of another 2Kgs 8:15, כָּנָף skirt, עַל person Ruth 3:9; Ezek 16:8 (figurative of ׳י); בֶּגֶּד with עַל of thing Num 4:7; Num 4:8 :Num 4:11; Num 4:13 with מִלְמָ֑עְלָה v6; כְּסוּי with עַל of thing vNum 4:14 אֶתהָֿאֹהֶל, with עַלהַֿמִּשְׁכָּן Exod 40:19 שַׁחַר פָּרֻשׂ עַלהֶֿהָרִים Joel 2:2 of ׳י עָנָן ׳פ לְמָסָךְ Ps 105:39. — Mic 3:3; Lam 4:4 see פָּרַס. Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine plural יִכָר֑שׂוּ Ezek 17:21 they shall be scattered לְכָלרֿוּחַ; Ezek 34:12 read probably Participle צאֹן נִפְרָשׂוֺת for שׁוֺת-, Hä Krae; on emendation of context see especially Toy Krae). Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular consecutive וּפֵרַשׂ Isa 25:11 etc. Imperfect 3 masculine singular יְפָרֵשׂ v11, 3 feminine singular תְּפָרֵשׂ Jer 4:31 Infinitive cstr פָּרֵשׂ Ps 68:15, suffixפָּרִשְׂכֶם Isa 1:15
1. spread out:
  a. with accusative כַּפַיִם in prayer Isa 1:15; Jer 4:31 so with יָדַיִם Ps 143:6 (׳אֶליֿ), and of ׳י entreating people Isa 65:2 (אֶל); צִיוֹן בְּיָדֶיהָ ׳פ Lam 1:17.
  b. spread out hands as in swimming Isa 25:11, and (יָדַיִם omitted) vIsa 25:11.
2. = scatter, (?) subject ׳י, with accusative of person Zech 2:10 (ᵐ5 We Now קִבַּצְתִּי מִ֖, yet see GASm); Ps 68:15, in doubtful connection.

spread, forth, out, abroad, spreadeth, …
pāraś
to break apart, disperse, etc
  • to spread, spread out, stretch, break in pieces
    • (Qal)
      • to spread out, display
      • "to spread over
      (Niphal) to be scattered, be spread out"(Piel)
      • to scatter

כנפ ו
כנפ
Root word wings, wing, skirt, skirts, sort, …
ו
Suffix — pronoun his / him / it
Dictionary form: כָּנָף · kaw-NAWP

Noun — Common, feminine singular, construct state "___ of …" — bound to the next word

their wings ×12 wings ×11 the wings ×8 wing ×6 of thy wings ×5 and their wings ×4 his wings ×3 skirt ×3
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wing — Core meaning; best for birds, angels, or cherubim.
edge — Prefer for garment borders or territorial limits.
corner — Good for ritual contexts, e.g. corners of a garment.
hem — Vivid for garment skirt; e.g. grasping someone's hem.
extremity — Suits poetic or geographic 'ends of the earth' passages.
pinion — Elevated register; use for poetic or hymnic bird imagery.

BDB4099 H3671

BDB4098 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB4100

כָּנָף109 noun feminine1Kgs 6:27 (masculine Ezek 7:2 Kt, but compare Qr and Co; also apparently 2Chr 3:11; 2Chr 3:13, but see Be), wing, extremity (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כַּנְפָֿא, ; Zinjirli אחז בכנף מראה, figurative for attached himself to the party of his lord, PanammuInscr. l. 11, compare Zech 8:23 (2 a below); DHMSendsch. 58; Arabic , Assyrian kappu, Ethiopic ); — absolute ׳כ Gen 1:21 +; construct כְּנַף 1Kgs 6:24 +; suffix כְּנָפִי Ezek 16:8, כְּנָפֶ֑ךָ Ruth 3:9, כְּנָפוֺ Hag 2:12 dual כְּנָפַיִם 1Kgs 8:7 + (even of more than two, Isa 6:2 (twice in verse); Ezek 1:6; Ezek 1:21); construct כַּנְפֵי Exod 19:4 suffix כְּנָפֶיךָ Ezek 5:3, כְּנָפַיִךְ Jer 2:34, כְּנָפָיו Isa 8:8 +; כְּנָפֶיהָ Hos 4:19; Mal 3:20 כַּנְפֵיהֶם 1Kgs 6:27 +; כַנְפֵיהֶן Ezek 1:24; Ezek 1:25 plural construct כַּנְפוֺת Deut 22:12 + 4 t.; —

1. wing,
  a. of birds Isa 10:14 (in figurative), Exod 19:4 (E ? R ? figurative) Deut 32:11 (in simile), Zech 5:9; Lev 1:17 (P), Job 39:13; Job 39:26; Ps 68:14 in figure of invading king Jer 48:40; Jer 49:22; Ezek 17:3; Ezek 17:7 so apparently Isa 8:8 of invader as overflowing river (but Du Che separate וְהָיָה מֻטּוֺת כְּנָפָיו from preceding); of riches, as flying away Prov 23:5 in phrase צִפּוֺר כָּנָף = winged birds Deut 4:17; Ps 148:10, ׳(עֵיט)צִפּוֺר כָּלכֿ Ezek 39:4; Ezek 39:17, ׳כֹּל צִפּוֺר כָּלכֿ Gen 7:14 (P), Ezek 17:23, ׳עוֺף כ Gen 1:21 (P), Ps 78:27 also ׳בַּעַל כ Prov 1:17 = winged thing, compare בַּעַלהֿ֯כְּנָפַיִם Eccl 10:20.
  b. of insects (probably), אֶרֶץ צִלְצַל כְּנָפָ֑יִם Isa 18:1 buzzing, or humming of wings, i.e. Ethiopia, so called from its swarms of flies, with especial reference possibly to the tsetse-fly (so Du, compare Che; id., in general, Hi De; > Kn Di of the tropical shadow falling both ways; Thes1167 b of noise of the wings of an army; reference to sails as wings — compare vIsa 18:2 — would be suitable, but צִלְצַל does not favour this).
  c. of cherubim 1Kgs 6:24 (4 t. in verse) + 8 t. Kings, compare 2Chr 3:11 (4 t. in verse) + 6 t. Chronicles; Ezek 1:6 + 17 t. Ezekiel; Exod 25:20 (twice in verse); Exod 39:9 (twice in verse) (all P).
  d. of seraphim Isa 6:2 (twice in verse).
  e. of women in Zechariah's vision Zech 5:9 (twice in verse). feminine figurative of the wind, Hos 4:19; Ps 18:11 = 2Sam 22:11; Ps 104:3.
  g. figurative of the dawn (winged sun-disc ?) Ps 139:9, compare of sun of righteousness Mal 3:20.
  h. figurative of ׳י, as protector of his people Ps 17:8; Ps 36:8; Ps 57:2; Ps 61:5; Ps 63:3; Ps 91:4; Ruth 2:12.
2. extremity:
  a. of garment = skirt, corner, or loose flowing end, 1Sam 15:27; 1Sam 24:5; 1Sam 24:6; 1Sam 24:12 (twice in verse); Deut 22:12; Deut 23:1; Deut 27:20; (figurative), Ezek 5:3; Ezek 16:8 (in figurative), Hag 2:12 (twice in verse); Zech 8:23; Num 15:38 (twice in verse) (P; compare RSSem, i. 416, 2nd ed. 437).
  b. of the earth, מִכְּנַף הָאָרֶץ Isa 24:16 from the end of the earth; elsewhere plural ׳כַּנְפוֺת הָא Job 37:3; Job 38:13, and, def. ׳הא ׳אַרְבַּע כ Isa 11:12 the four corners of the earth; so of the holy land Ezek 7:2. — עַלכְּֿנַף שִׁקּוּצִים מְשׁוֺמֵם Dan 9:27 is obscure; Meinh reads, after Vrss., כָּנָף, on the corner (of the altar) is a devastating abomination; < KueOnderzoek 2, ii. 472 Bev, who read עַלכַּֿנּוֺ in its place, instead of it.

wings, wing, skirt, skirts, sort, …
kānāp
an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle
  • wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt
    • wing
    • "extremity
      • skirt, corner (of garment)

כְּנָפָ֣י ו
כְּנָפָ֣י
Root word wings, wing, skirt, skirts, sort, …
ו
Suffix — pronoun his / him / it
Dictionary form: כָּנָף · kaw-NAWP

Noun — Common, feminine plural, construct state plural — usually add "-s"; "___ of …" — bound to the next word

In the KJV here: her wings
their wings ×12 wings ×11 the wings ×8 wing ×6 of thy wings ×5 and their wings ×4 his wings ×3 skirt ×3
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wing — Core meaning; best for birds, angels, or cherubim.
edge — Prefer for garment borders or territorial limits.
corner — Good for ritual contexts, e.g. corners of a garment.
hem — Vivid for garment skirt; e.g. grasping someone's hem.
extremity — Suits poetic or geographic 'ends of the earth' passages.
pinion — Elevated register; use for poetic or hymnic bird imagery.

BDB4099 H3671

BDB4098 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB4100

כָּנָף109 noun feminine1Kgs 6:27 (masculine Ezek 7:2 Kt, but compare Qr and Co; also apparently 2Chr 3:11; 2Chr 3:13, but see Be), wing, extremity (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כַּנְפָֿא, ; Zinjirli אחז בכנף מראה, figurative for attached himself to the party of his lord, PanammuInscr. l. 11, compare Zech 8:23 (2 a below); DHMSendsch. 58; Arabic , Assyrian kappu, Ethiopic ); — absolute ׳כ Gen 1:21 +; construct כְּנַף 1Kgs 6:24 +; suffix כְּנָפִי Ezek 16:8, כְּנָפֶ֑ךָ Ruth 3:9, כְּנָפוֺ Hag 2:12 dual כְּנָפַיִם 1Kgs 8:7 + (even of more than two, Isa 6:2 (twice in verse); Ezek 1:6; Ezek 1:21); construct כַּנְפֵי Exod 19:4 suffix כְּנָפֶיךָ Ezek 5:3, כְּנָפַיִךְ Jer 2:34, כְּנָפָיו Isa 8:8 +; כְּנָפֶיהָ Hos 4:19; Mal 3:20 כַּנְפֵיהֶם 1Kgs 6:27 +; כַנְפֵיהֶן Ezek 1:24; Ezek 1:25 plural construct כַּנְפוֺת Deut 22:12 + 4 t.; —

1. wing,
  a. of birds Isa 10:14 (in figurative), Exod 19:4 (E ? R ? figurative) Deut 32:11 (in simile), Zech 5:9; Lev 1:17 (P), Job 39:13; Job 39:26; Ps 68:14 in figure of invading king Jer 48:40; Jer 49:22; Ezek 17:3; Ezek 17:7 so apparently Isa 8:8 of invader as overflowing river (but Du Che separate וְהָיָה מֻטּוֺת כְּנָפָיו from preceding); of riches, as flying away Prov 23:5 in phrase צִפּוֺר כָּנָף = winged birds Deut 4:17; Ps 148:10, ׳(עֵיט)צִפּוֺר כָּלכֿ Ezek 39:4; Ezek 39:17, ׳כֹּל צִפּוֺר כָּלכֿ Gen 7:14 (P), Ezek 17:23, ׳עוֺף כ Gen 1:21 (P), Ps 78:27 also ׳בַּעַל כ Prov 1:17 = winged thing, compare בַּעַלהֿ֯כְּנָפַיִם Eccl 10:20.
  b. of insects (probably), אֶרֶץ צִלְצַל כְּנָפָ֑יִם Isa 18:1 buzzing, or humming of wings, i.e. Ethiopia, so called from its swarms of flies, with especial reference possibly to the tsetse-fly (so Du, compare Che; id., in general, Hi De; > Kn Di of the tropical shadow falling both ways; Thes1167 b of noise of the wings of an army; reference to sails as wings — compare vIsa 18:2 — would be suitable, but צִלְצַל does not favour this).
  c. of cherubim 1Kgs 6:24 (4 t. in verse) + 8 t. Kings, compare 2Chr 3:11 (4 t. in verse) + 6 t. Chronicles; Ezek 1:6 + 17 t. Ezekiel; Exod 25:20 (twice in verse); Exod 39:9 (twice in verse) (all P).
  d. of seraphim Isa 6:2 (twice in verse).
  e. of women in Zechariah's vision Zech 5:9 (twice in verse). feminine figurative of the wind, Hos 4:19; Ps 18:11 = 2Sam 22:11; Ps 104:3.
  g. figurative of the dawn (winged sun-disc ?) Ps 139:9, compare of sun of righteousness Mal 3:20.
  h. figurative of ׳י, as protector of his people Ps 17:8; Ps 36:8; Ps 57:2; Ps 61:5; Ps 63:3; Ps 91:4; Ruth 2:12.
2. extremity:
  a. of garment = skirt, corner, or loose flowing end, 1Sam 15:27; 1Sam 24:5; 1Sam 24:6; 1Sam 24:12 (twice in verse); Deut 22:12; Deut 23:1; Deut 27:20; (figurative), Ezek 5:3; Ezek 16:8 (in figurative), Hag 2:12 (twice in verse); Zech 8:23; Num 15:38 (twice in verse) (P; compare RSSem, i. 416, 2nd ed. 437).
  b. of the earth, מִכְּנַף הָאָרֶץ Isa 24:16 from the end of the earth; elsewhere plural ׳כַּנְפוֺת הָא Job 37:3; Job 38:13, and, def. ׳הא ׳אַרְבַּע כ Isa 11:12 the four corners of the earth; so of the holy land Ezek 7:2. — עַלכְּֿנַף שִׁקּוּצִים מְשׁוֺמֵם Dan 9:27 is obscure; Meinh reads, after Vrss., כָּנָף, on the corner (of the altar) is a devastating abomination; < KueOnderzoek 2, ii. 472 Bev, who read עַלכַּֿנּוֺ in its place, instead of it.

wings, wing, skirt, skirts, sort, …
kānāp
an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle
  • wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt
    • wing
    • "extremity
      • skirt, corner (of garment)

לְ תֵימָֽן
לְ
Prefix — preposition to, for
תֵימָֽן
Root word south, southward, side, coast, wind
Dictionary form: תֵּימָן · tay-MAWN

Noun — Common, feminine singular, absolute state

In the KJV here: toward the south
southward ×7 of the south ×2 on the south side ×2 the south ×2 toward the south ×2 and from the south ×1 and southward ×1 and this is the south ×1
More options
south — Most versatile; works as noun, adjective, or direction.
southern — Prefer as attributive adjective before a noun.
southward — Use for motion or orientation toward the south.
south wind — Use specifically when the referent is the wind.
southern region — Emphasizes geographic area or territory.
south side — Prefer for spatial/architectural boundary contexts.

BDB3578 H8486

BDB3577 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB3579

I. תֵּימָן noun feminineIsa 43:6 south, south wind, chiefly poetic, P & Ezekiel (literally what is on the right (hand), i.e. as one faces east; see WetzstVerhandi. d. Berl. Anthrop. Ges. 1878, 390) — absolute ׳ת Zech 9:14 + 6 t. (׳הַתּ only Zech 6:6); תֵּמָן Job 9:9 with ה locative תֵּימָ֫נָה Exod 26:18 + 12 t.; —

1. a. south, southern quarter of sky, לְתֵימָן Job 39:26 (of flight of bird); of constellations ׳חַדְרֵי ת Job 9:9 ׳סַעֲרוֺת ת Zech 9:14 whirlwinds of the south; of territory, the south Isa 43:6 (opposed to צָפוֺן), also ׳אֶרֶץ הַתּ Zech 6:6 (opposed to אֶרֶץ צָפוֺן); ׳נֶגְכָּה מִקְצֵה ת Josh 15:1 southward at the end of the south, i.e. in the remotest south (of the land); — see also II. ׳ת.
  b. with ה locative toward the south, especially in topograph. description (often with other points of compass), פְּאַת נֶ֫גְבָּה תֵּימָ֫נָה Exod 26:18 (P), ׳נ ׳ת ׳פ Ezek 47:19, ׳נֶגֶב ת ׳פ Exod 27:9; Exod 36:33; Exod 38:9 (all P), Ezek 47:19; Ezek 48:28 + צלע side Exod 26:35, ירך Num 3:29 (both P); also Num 2:10; Num 10:6 (P); וּמִזְרָחָה ׳יָ֫מָּה וְצָפֹ֫נָה וְת Deut 3:27 ה locative in redundant in דֶּרֶךְ תֵּימָ֫נָה Ezek 21:2 turn they face southward (|| דָּרוֺם and נֶגֶב).
2. south wind Ps 78:26 (קָדִים in || clause), Song 4:16 (צָפוֺן in || clause)

south, southward, side, coast, wind
têmān
the south (as being on the right hand of a person facing the east)
  • south, southward, whatever is on the right (so the southern quarter), south wind
    • south (of territory)
    • "southern quarter (of the sky)"toward the south, southward (of direction)"south wind

This book is chanted to the poetic accent system (used only in Job, Psalms, and Proverbs). Each group below ends at one of its pausing accents — translate a group as one unit.
הֲֽ֭מִבִּינָ֣תְךָ Dechi — a lesser break יַֽאֲבֶר נֵ֑ץ Atnach — the verse's main pause — take a breath here יִפְרֹ֖שׂ כנפו כְּנָפָ֣יו לְתֵימָֽן Silluq — end of the verse

הֲֽמִבִּינָתְךָ יַֽאֲבֶר-נֵץ יִפְרֹשׂ ‫(כנפו)‬ כְּנָפָיו לְתֵימָֽן׃
26
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
Cross References

Jeremiah 8:7

גַּם-חֲסִידָה בַשָּׁמַיִם יָֽדְעָה מֽוֹעֲדֶיהָ וְתֹר ‫(וסוס)‬ וְסִיס וְעָגוּר שָׁמְרוּ אֶת-עֵת בֹּאָנָה וְעַמִּי לֹא יָֽדְעוּ אֵת מִשְׁפַּט יְהוָֽה׃
7
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.

Song of Solomon 2:12

הַנִּצָּנִים נִרְאוּ בָאָרֶץ עֵת הַזָּמִיר הִגִּיעַ וְקוֹל הַתּוֹר נִשְׁמַע בְּאַרְצֵֽנוּ׃
12
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

Leviticus 16:11

וְהִקְרִיב אַֽהֲרֹן אֶת-פַּר הַֽחַטָּאת אֲשֶׁר-לוֹ וְכִפֶּר בַּֽעֲדוֹ וּבְעַד בֵּיתוֹ וְשָׁחַט אֶת-פַּר הַֽחַטָּאת אֲשֶׁר-לֽוֹ׃
11
And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself:

Deuteronomy 14:15

וְאֵת בַּת הַֽיַּעֲנָה וְאֶת-הַתַּחְמָס וְאֶת-הַשָּׁחַף וְאֶת-הַנֵּץ לְמִינֵֽהוּ׃
15
And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,