9:26 They glide by 1 like reed 2 boats,
like an eagle that swoops 3 down on its prey. 4
41:31 It makes the deep boil like a cauldron
and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment, 5
1 tn Heb “they flee.”
2 tn The word אֵבֶה (’eveh) means “reed, papyrus,” but it is a different word than was in 8:11. What is in view here is a light boat made from bundles of papyrus that glides swiftly along the Nile (cf. Isa 18:2 where papyrus vessels and swiftness are associated).
3 tn The verb יָטוּשׂ (yatus) is also a hapax legomenon; the Aramaic cognate means “to soar; to hover in flight.” The sentence here requires the idea of swooping down while in flight.
4 tn Heb “food.”
5 sn The idea is either that the sea is stirred up like the foam from beating the ingredients together, or it is the musk-smell that is the point of comparison.