Lexicon
שִׁרְיָה
sir.yah
H8302A
H:N-M/F Hebrew

lance

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sir.yah denotes a lance in the lone attested verse, within a description of a creature's radiant sneezing and dawn-like eyes.

The single attestation presents sir.yah as a lance, though the supplied translation does not make the term's specific contribution to the clause explicit.

Senses in use

  1. A lance in the verse's creature description · dominant

    In Job 41:18, the feminine singular absolute form occurs in a verse describing a creature: the APB renders its sneezing as shining with light and its eyes as like the eyelids of dawn. The translation does not identify which English wording corresponds specifically to this noun.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Job 41:18, the APB presents the surrounding description as “His sneezing shines with light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of dawn,” without a clear one-to-one rendering for this noun.

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