Jeremiah 12:9
people <05159> [Mine.]
Or rather, as the learned Bochart renders, "Is then my heritage (people) to me as a fierce hy‘na? Is there a wild beast all around upon her?" i.e., the land of Canaan. The hy‘na is a kind of wolf, a little bigger than a mastiff; colour grey, streaked with black: it is of a solitary and savage disposition.
birds of prey .... hyenas .... birds of prey <05861 06641> [speckled bird. or, a bird having talons. the birds.]
gather together ....... come <0857 03212 0622> [come ye.]
come <03212 0857> [come. or, cause them to come.]
