Hebrew word · H2907

טוּשׂ

yatus

to dart

Occurs only here. From context and from comparison with Aramaic and Arabic it means 'to dart, swoop, rush down'.

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

(Qal) to dart, flutter, rush

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of Job 9:26

Range of meaning

Occurs only here. From context and from comparison with Aramaic and Arabic it means 'to dart, swoop, rush down'.

Against the English

KJV 'hasteth', WEB/BSB 'swoops/swooping', YLT 'darteth'. All are reasonable, and 'swoop' best captures the downward plunge.

Used elsewhere in the period

Habakkuk 1:8, with the related verb ḥûš ('hasten') and the same bird-and-food picture, supports the sense of a fast descent onto a meal.

Where it appears

Job · 1

  1. Job 9:26 יָט֥וּשׂ [which] it rushes

    They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.

    Here: Another word found only here. It describes a sudden headlong dive. The ongoing form describes what such a bird habitually does, adding a second picture of speed: the stoop from height onto a meal.

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