Job 35:11 — Word Study
WLCמַ֭לְּפֵנוּ מִבַּהֲמ֣וֹת אָ֑רֶץ וּמֵע֖וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ׃
BSAwho teaches usʼâlaph [instructs, guides] more than the beastsbᵉhêmâh [animals, livestock] of the earthʼerets [land, ground] and makes us wiserchâkam▸ [more intelligent, discerning] than the birdsʻôwph [fowl, flying creatures] of the airshâmayim [heaven, sky]
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| מַ֭לְּפֵנוּ | [who] teaches us | Verb piel participle (active) masculine singular common, suffix |
| מִבַּהֲמ֣וֹת | more than [the] animals of | Preposition, noun common feminine plural construct |
| אָ֑רֶץ | [the] earth | Noun common, feminine singular absolute |
| וּמֵע֖וֹף | and more than [the] bird[s] of | Conjunction, preposition, noun common masculine singular construct |
| הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם | the heavens | Particle, noun common masculine plural absolute |
| יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ׃ | he makes wise us | Verb piel imperfect third person masculine singular, suffix |
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| BSB | who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’ |
| KJV | Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? |
| ASV | Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens? |
| YLT | Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.' |
| WEB | who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’ |
| BBE | Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven? |
There are no significant differences in how the translations render this verse.
The structure features two main clauses and two prepositional phrases that provide comparisons, emphasizing the superiority of divine wisdom.
8 commentators on this verse
Gill, Jamieson, Poole, Trapp & more — read them ›
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Deep Study — Job 35:11
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Context — Job's Reflection on Divine Instructiongenerated
Job 35:11 is part of a larger discourse where Job contemplates the nature of God's wisdom and how it surpasses that of all creatures. He emphasizes that God teaches humanity in ways that exceed the understanding of animals and birds, highlighting the unique relationship between God and mankind. This verse challenges the reader to recognize the depth of divine instruction compared to the instinctual knowledge of animals, as seen in the surrounding verses of Job 35.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Job 32:8 | But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding. |
| 2 | Genesis 1:26 | Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.” |
| 3 | Genesis 2:7 | Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being. |
| 4 | Psalm 94:12 | Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law, |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 4 references, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — מַ֭לְּפֵנוּ, Ma.le.fe.nugenerated
The word מַ֭לְּפֵנוּ (Ma.le.fe.nu) is a piel participle meaning 'who teaches us.' It is derived from the root אָלַף (alaf), which encompasses both teaching and learning. This word captures the dynamic of instruction and knowledge transfer, indicating an active role in imparting wisdom.
In this context, it emphasizes God's role as the ultimate teacher, guiding humanity beyond the knowledge possessed by animals. The suffix indicates that the teaching is directed towards us, reinforcing the personal relationship between God and humanity.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
The translations of Job 35:11 generally agree on the meaning of the verse.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The finite verbs in the verse are מַ֭לְּפֵנוּ (who teaches us) and יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ (he makes us wise), with two prepositional phrases providing context: מִבַּהֲמ֣וֹת (more than the animals) and מֵע֖וֹף (than the birds). This structure emphasizes the comparison between divine wisdom and animal instinct.
The order of the verbs places emphasis on God's teaching first, suggesting that it is foundational to the wisdom that follows.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
In the Septuagint, the Hebrew מַ֭לְּפֵנוּ is rendered as με (me), indicating a direct translation of the teaching aspect. This choice highlights the personal nature of instruction from God to humanity.
The Greek word τετραπόδων is used for בְּהֵמָה, which refers to quadrupeds, showing a specific focus on the types of animals compared to the broader Hebrew term.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
Job 35:11 asks who teaches us more than the animals and makes us wiser than the birds. This verse highlights the unique wisdom that God imparts to humanity, showing that our understanding is greater than that of creatures in the natural world.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
Job is emphasizing that God's wisdom and instruction are far superior to the instinctual knowledge of animals, indicating a special relationship between God and humanity.
The verse suggests that true wisdom comes from God and that humans are capable of understanding and discerning more than animals due to divine instruction.
Animals and birds represent instinctual knowledge and understanding, contrasting with the higher wisdom that comes from God.
This phrase indicates that God actively imparts wisdom to humanity, allowing us to make discerning choices beyond mere instinct.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- In what ways have I experienced God's teaching in my life?
- How can I apply the wisdom I receive from God to my daily decisions?
- What does it mean to me that I am considered wiser than the creatures of the earth?
- How can I cultivate a deeper understanding of God's instruction?
The early church on this verse — how the Fathers read it
Early commentators reflect on Job's insights about divine teaching, emphasizing the distinction between human wisdom and animal instinct.
"Who makes me different from the four-footed beasts of the earth?" If you are a sinner, you were not distinguished from the four-footed beasts of the earth.Early Church Fathers on Job 35 →
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and instructeth us more than the fowls of heaven. The beasts of the earth are they, who seek the lowest things, from the habit of a carnal life.Early Church Fathers on Job 35 →
Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on Job 35:11 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleWho teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth?.... Who are taught and know much, especially some of them; but not so much as man, see Isaiah 1:3; and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Read John Gill on Job 35 →Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryBut none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night; But the reason is, that the innocent sufferers often do not humbly seek God for succour; so to their "pride" is to be laid the
Read Robert Jamieson on Job 35 →Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy BibleThis is mentioned as a further aggravation of men’ s neglect of God in their misery. God hath given to men those gifts which he hath denied to beasts, reason and religion, wisdom to know God and themselves, and their obligations to God, and their dependence upon him. And therefore it ill becometh them to lie like brute creatures, roaring and crying out in their miseries, without taking any notice of God in way of prayer or praise; and if they do so, it is no wonder if God takes no notice of them.
Read Matthew Poole on Job 35 →John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New TestamentsJob 35:11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?Ver. 11. Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth] This many wretched people never consider; and are therefore heavily, but worthily, vexed by oppressors, ut vexatio det intellectum, that smart may make wit; and that they may not bellow as beasts do when they feel pain; but flee to God by well prepared prayer, not so much for ease as for the use of what they suffer. Now, blessed is the man whom God chasteneth, and withal teacheth him out of his law; that he may give him rest from the days of adversity, Psalms 94:12-13. Hereunto, not only reason is required (the mercy here…
Read John Trapp on Job 35 →Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) Who teacheth us.—Or it may be, Who teacheth us by, and maketh us wise by, &c. Then the sense will be that the oppression is so severe that the victims of it forget that God can give songs in the night, and that He has favoured men more than the beasts of the field, and that, as not one sparrow can fall to the ground without Him, so He has even numbered the hairs of those who are of more value to Him than many sparrows.
Read Charles John Ellicott on Job 35 →AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the BibleVerse 11. Who teacheth us more than the beasts] "The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel doth not know me, my people do not consider; " Isaiah 1:3. Beasts, bards, fowls, and in many cases pond-fishes, know and seem thankful to the hand that feeds them; while man, made much more noble than they, gifted with the greatest powers, privileged with the most important benefits, considers not the Lord, nor discerns the operation of his hand. Quadrupeds, reptiles, and fowls, have more gratitude to their masters than man has to his God.
Read AdamClarke on Job 35 →CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges11. God has given to men a higher wisdom than to the beasts, and communicates to them a continuous instruction through His fellowship and ways. Their appeal to heaven should not be the mere instinctive cry of suffering, but the voice of trust and submission.
Read Cambridge on Job 35 →Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the BibleWho teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth - Who is able to teach us mere than the irrational creation; that is, in regard to the nature and design of affliction. They suffer without knowing why.
Read Albert Barnes on Job 35 →The verse in English, compared — 17 translations, and where they part company
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Modern formal
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
who teaches us more than the wild animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’
Tyndale line
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Which teacheth vs more then the beastes of the earth, and giueth vs more wisdome then the foules of the heauen.
Strictly literal
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowl of the heavens?
Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'
Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, || Indeed, He makes us wiser than the bird of the heavens.
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of the heavens?
who teaches us more than he teaches the beasts of the earth, and who makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'
From the Latin
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and instructeth us more than the fowls of the air.
Simplified
who teaches us more than the animals, and makes us wiser than the birds?’
Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?
Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.
The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank
This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.
Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.
The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran
The Masoretic Text of Job 35:11 is consistent with the Septuagint in most of its wording, though the Septuagint's structure and articles differ. Both texts affirm the central theme of divine teaching surpassing that of animals.
מַ֭לְּפֵנוּ מִבַּהֲמ֣וֹת אָ֑רֶץ וּמֵע֖וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ׃
5 of the 6 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.
Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.
The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
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Lexicons — every word in Job 35:11
One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Hebrew lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.
Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.
אָלַף (alaf) is a primitive root meaning to associate with, which encompasses the concepts of learning and teaching. The verb can be used in different forms: in the Qal stem, it means to learn, while in the Piel stem, it means to teach. This word captures the relationship between learning and instruction.
[אָלַף] vb. learn
Qal Impf.
Pi. teach
base
H502 אָלַף
502 'alph aw-lof'
a primitive root, to associate with; hence, to learn (and
causatively to teach):--learn, teach, utter.
אָלַף (a.laph) — to teach/learn.
1) to learn
1a) (Qal) to learn
1b) (Piel) to teach
V-Piel | Suff — Verb piel participle (active) masculine singular common · suffixHVprmsc/Sp1bp
US, pronoun objective case of we.
Give us this day our daily bread.
Us , pron. [OE. us, AS. s; akin to OFries. & OS. s, D. ons, G. uns, Icel. & Sw. oss, Dan. os, Goth. uns, L. nos we, us, Gr. we, Skr. nas us. . Cf. Nostrum, Our.] The persons speaking, regarded as an object; ourselves; — the objective case of we. See We. “Tell us a tale.” Chaucer.
Give us this day our daily bread. Matt. vi. 11.
Us, pron. oblique case of we
בְּהֵמָה (bhemah) refers to a beast or animal, typically denoting domesticated livestock or cattle, and occasionally wild beasts. It is derived from a root that suggests being mute, implying a 'dumb beast.' The term encompasses all living creatures other than humans, with a specific mention of large quadrupeds.
בְּהֵמָה 187 n.f. beast, animal, cattle
of living creatures other than man
opp. also to wild beasts
rarely of wild beasts, esp. carnivora
base
H929 בְּהֵמָה beast, animal, cattle . of living creatures other than man
. opp. also to wild beasts
. rarely of wild beasts, esp. carnivora
929 bhemah be-hay-maw'
from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute); properly,
a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often
collective):--beast, cattle.
בְּהֵמָה (be.he.mah) — animal.
1) beast, cattle, animal
1a) beasts (coll of all animals)
1b) cattle, livestock (of domestic animals)
1c) wild beasts
Prep | N-fp — Preposition · noun common feminine plural constructHR/Ncfpc
ov:
(1) In Anglo-Saxon, had the meaning "from," "away from" (as the strengthened form "off" has still), and was not used for genitive or possessive relations, these being expressed by special case-forms. In the Norman period, however, "of" was taken to represent the French de (a use well developed by the time of Chaucer), and in the Elizabethan period both senses of "of" were in common use. But after about 1600 the later force of the word became predominant, and in the earlier sense (which is now practically obsolete) it was replaced by other prepositions. In consequence the King James Version (and in some cases the Revised Version (British and American)) contains many uses of "of" that are no longer familiar--most of them, to be sure, causing no difficulty, but there still being a few responsible for real obscurities.
OF, preposition ov. [Gr.]
1. From or out of; proceeding from, as the cause, source, means, author or agent bestowing.
I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you. 1 Corinthians 11:1.
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts. Joshua 11:1.
It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed.
Lamentations 3:1.
The whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Proverbs 16:1.
Go, inquire of the Lord for me. 2 Chronicles 34:2.
That holy thing that shall be born of thee. Luke 1:1.
Hence of is the sign of the genitive case, the case that denotes production; as the son of man, the son proceeding from man, produced from man. This is the primary sense, although we now say, produced by man. 'Part of these were slain; ' that is, a number separate, for part denotes a division; the sense then is, a number from or out of the whole were slain. So also, 'some of these were slain; ' that is…
אֶ֫רֶץ (erets) is a feminine noun meaning 'earth' or 'land.' It encompasses various meanings, including the whole earth, specific territories like Canaan, and even inhabitants of the land. It can refer to soil, ground, or regions, and is used in phrases related to distance and the living. There is a note on the plural form אֲרָצוֹת, which mainly appears in later texts to denote multiple lands.
אֶ֫רֶץ n. f. & (seld.) m. earth, land
earth, whole earth (opp. to a part)
earth, opp. to heaven, sky
earth = inhabitants of earth
land =
country, territory
district, region
trial territory
piece of ground
specif. land of Canaan, or Israel
= inhabitants of land
used even of Shᵉʼôl
ground, surface of ground
soil, as productive
אֶרֶץ in phrases
people of the land
in measurements of distance
the country of the plain, level or plain country
land of the living
end(s) of the earth
pl. אֲרָצוֹת is almost wholly late; it denotes lands, countries, often in contrast to Canaan, lands of the nations, etc.
base
H776 אֶ֫רֶץ n. f. & (seld.) m. earth, land . . earth, whole earth (opp. to a part)
. earth, opp. to heaven, sky
. earth = inhabitants of earth
. land = . country, territory
. district, region
. trial territory
. piece of ground
. specif. land of Canaan, or Israel
. = inhabitants of land
. used even of Shᵉʼôl
. . ground, surface of ground
. soil, as productive
. אֶרֶץ in phrases . people of the land
. in measurements of distance
. the country of the plain, level or plain country
. land of the living
. end(s) of the earth
. pl. אֲרָצוֹת is almost wholly late; it denotes lands, countries, often in contrast to Canaan, lands of the nations, etc.
776 'erets eh'-rets
from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth
(at large, or partitively a land):--X common, country, earth,
field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) — land: country/planet.
: country/field
1) land, earth
1a) earth
1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part)
1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven)
1a3) earth (inhabitants)
1b) land
1b1) country, territory
1b2) district, region
1b3) tribal territory
1b4) piece of ground
1b5) land of Canaan, Israel
1b6) inhabitants of land
1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world
1b8) city (-state)
1c) ground, surface of the earth
1c1) ground
1c2) soil
1d) (in phrases)
1d1) people of the land
1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance)
1d3) level or plain country
1d4) land of the living
1d5) end(s) of the earth
1e) (almost wholly late in usage)
1e1) lands, countries
1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan
אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) — land: soil.
: soil
1) land, earth
1a) earth
1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part)
1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven)
1a3) earth (inhabitants)
1b) land
1b1) country, territory
N-cs — Noun common · feminine singular absoluteHNcfsa
urth ('adhamah, 'erets, 'aphar; ge, oikoumene):
In a hilly limestone country like Palestine, the small amount of iron oxide in the rocks tends to be oxidized, and thereby to give a prevailing reddish color to the soil. This is especially the case on relatively barren hills where there is little organic matter present to prevent reddening and give a more blackish tinge.
'Adhamah (compare 'adham, "a man," and Adam) is from 'adham, "to be red," and is used in the senses: "earth" (Ex 20:24), "land" (Ps 105:35), a "land" or country (Isa 14:2), "ground" (Ge 4:11), "the earth" (Ge 7:4).
Earth
(1.) In the sense of soil or ground, the translation of the word adamah’. In Gen. 9:20 “husbandman” is literally “man of the ground or earth.” Altars were to be built of earth (Ex. 20:24). Naaman asked for two mules’ burden of earth (2 Kings 5:17), under the superstitious notion that Jehovah, like the gods of the heathen, could be acceptably worshipped only on his own soil.
(2). As the rendering of ’erets, it means the whole world (Gen. 1:2); the land as opposed to the sea (1:10). Erets also denotes a country (21:32); a plot of ground (23:15); the ground on which a man stands (33:3); the inhabitants of the earth (6:1; 11:1); all the world except Israel (
The term is used in two widely-different senses: (1) for the material of which the earth’s surface is composed; (2) as the name of the planet on which man dwells. The Hebrew language discriminates between these two by the use of separate terms, adamah for the former, erets for the latter. Adamah is the earth in the sense of soil or ground, particularly as being susceptible of cultivation. (Genesis 2:7) Erets is applied in a more or less extended sense-- (1) to the whole world, (Genesis 1:1) (2) to land as opposed to sea, (Genesis 1:10) (3) to a country, (Genesis 21:32) (4) to a plot of ground, (Genesis 23:15) and (5) to…
In both Hebrew and Greek the same word is used to denote the earth as a whole, and a particular land. Only the context can enable us to decide in which of these senses it is to be taken in a given passage.
Thus in Mt 27:45 we might, so far as the original word is concerned, render either "there was darkness over all the land," or over all the earth. The expression "all the earth" is sometimes used hyperbolically for a large portion of it, Ezr 1:2. The word is used of the whole world, etc. In a moral sense, earthly is opposed to what is heavenly, spiritual and holy, Joh 3:31 1Co 15:47 Col 3:2
עוֹף (owph) refers to flying creatures, including birds and insects. It is derived from the root meaning to cover with wings, emphasizing the aspect of flight. The term encompasses various types of fowl and winged insects, and it is noted in the Aramaic as well. There are no significant disagreements among the lexicons regarding its meaning.
עוֹף 70 n.m. coll. flying creatures, fowls, insects
fowl, birds
winged insects
base
H5775 עוֹף flying creatures, fowls, insects . fowl, birds
. winged insects
5775 `owph ofe
from 5774; a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as
covering with wings), often collectively:--bird, that flieth,
flying, fowl.
see HEBREW for 05774
עוֹף (oph) — bird.
1) flying creatures, fowl, insects, birds
1a) fowl, birds
1b) winged insects
Aramaic equivalent: oph (עוֹף "bird" H5776)
Conj | Prep | N-ms — Conjunction · preposition · noun common masculine singular constructHC/R/Ncmsc
ov:
(1) In Anglo-Saxon, had the meaning "from," "away from" (as the strengthened form "off" has still), and was not used for genitive or possessive relations, these being expressed by special case-forms. In the Norman period, however, "of" was taken to represent the French de (a use well developed by the time of Chaucer), and in the Elizabethan period both senses of "of" were in common use. But after about 1600 the later force of the word became predominant, and in the earlier sense (which is now practically obsolete) it was replaced by other prepositions. In consequence the King James Version (and in some cases the Revised Version (British and American)) contains many uses of "of" that are no longer familiar--most of them, to be sure, causing no difficulty, but there still being a few responsible for real obscurities.
OF, preposition ov. [Gr.]
1. From or out of; proceeding from, as the cause, source, means, author or agent bestowing.
I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you. 1 Corinthians 11:1.
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts. Joshua 11:1.
It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed.
Lamentations 3:1.
The whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Proverbs 16:1.
Go, inquire of the Lord for me. 2 Chronicles 34:2.
That holy thing that shall be born of thee. Luke 1:1.
Hence of is the sign of the genitive case, the case that denotes production; as the son of man, the son proceeding from man, produced from man. This is the primary sense, although we now say, produced by man. 'Part of these were slain; ' that is, a number separate, for part denotes a division; the sense then is, a number from or out of the whole were slain. So also, 'some of these were slain; ' that is…
The Hebrew word שָׁמַיִם (*shamayim*) is a dual noun meaning 'heavens' or 'sky.' It refers to the visible heavens where celestial bodies are found, as well as the abode of God. The dual form may suggest both the arch of the sky and the higher ether. It is noted in contexts such as Elijah's ascent in a whirlwind.
[שָׁמַי] n.m. only pl. שָׁמַיִם 421 heavens, sky
visible heavens, sky, where stars, etc., are
phrases
as abode of God
Elijah taken up הַשּׁ׳ in whirlwind
הַשּׁ׳ personified in various relations
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H8064 שָׁמַי only pl. שָׁמַיִם heavens, sky . . visible heavens, sky, where stars, etc., are
. phrases
. . as abode of God
. Elijah taken up הַשּׁ׳ in whirlwind
. הַשּׁ׳ personified in various relations
8064 shamayim shaw-mah'-yim
dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}; from an unused
root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps
alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well
as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies
revolve):--air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
שָׁמַיִם (sha.ma.yim) — heaven.
1) heaven, heavens, sky
1a) visible heavens, sky
1a1) as abode of the stars
1a2) as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc
1b) Heaven (as the abode of God)
Aramaic equivalent: sha.ma.yin (שָׁמַ֫יִן "heaven" H8065)
Art | N-mp — Particle · noun common masculine plural absoluteHTd/Ncmpa
hev'-'nz (shamayim; ouranoi): On the physical heavens see ASTRONOMY; WORLD. Above these, in popular conception, were the celestial heavens, the abode of God and of the hosts of angels (Ps 11:4; 103:19-21; Isa 66:1; Re 4:2; 5:11; compare Da 7:10), though it was recognized that Yahweh's presence was not confined to any region (1Ki 8:27). Later Judaism reckoned seven heavens. The apostle Paul speaks of himself as caught up into "the third heaven," which he evidently identifies with Paradise (2Co 12:2).
See HEAVENLY.
חָכַם (chakam) is a Hebrew verb meaning to be wise or to act wisely. It encompasses various forms, including teaching wisdom and showing oneself wise. The entries highlight its use in different contexts, such as making others wise or dealing shrewdly. There are no noted disagreements among the lexicons.
חָכַם vb. be wise
Qal be or become wise, act wisely
Pi. make wise, teach wisdom
Pu. made wise, intensive, as it were the embodiment of wisdom
Hiph. making wise the simple
Hithp. let us deal wisely (shrewdly) toward it (the people); make or shew thyself wise
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H2449 חָכַם be wise .be or become wise, act wisely
. make wise, teach wisdom
. made wise, intensive, as it were the embodiment of wisdom
. making wise the simple
. let us deal wisely (shrewdly) toward it (the people); make or shew thyself wise
2449 chakam khaw-kam'
a primitive root, to be wise (in mind, word or act):--X
exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal
(never so) wisely, make wiser.
חָכַם (cha.kham) — be wise.
1) to be wise
1a) (Qal) to be or become wise, act wisely
1b) (Piel) to make wise, teach wisdom, instruct
1c) (Pual) to be made wise
1d) (Hiphil) to make wise
1e) (Hithpael) to show oneself wise, deceive, show one's wisdom
V-Piel-Imperf-3ms | Suff — Verb piel imperfect third person masculine singular · suffixHVpi3ms/Sp1bp
US, pronoun objective case of we.
Give us this day our daily bread.
Us , pron. [OE. us, AS. s; akin to OFries. & OS. s, D. ons, G. uns, Icel. & Sw. oss, Dan. os, Goth. uns, L. nos we, us, Gr. we, Skr. nas us. . Cf. Nostrum, Our.] The persons speaking, regarded as an object; ourselves; — the objective case of we. See We. “Tell us a tale.” Chaucer.
Give us this day our daily bread. Matt. vi. 11.
Us, pron. oblique case of we