Isaiah 60:8

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All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.	Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?	Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Who are these that fly^H5774 as a cloud^H5645, and as the doves^H3123 to their windows^H699?

Original Hebrew

מִי־אֵלֶּה כָּעָב תְּעוּפֶינָה וְכַיֹּונִים אֶל־אֲרֻבֹּתֵיהֶם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
מִי	mi-	H4310	HTi	who?
אֵ֖לֶּה	'E.leh	H428	HPdxcp	(are) these
כָּ/עָ֣ב	ka./'Av	H5645	HRd/Ncbsa	like (the)/ cloud
תְּעוּפֶ֑ינָה	te.'u.Fei.nah	H5774	HVqi3fp	they fly
וְ/כַ/יּוֹנִ֖ים	ve./kha/i.yo.Nim	H3123	HC/Rd/Ncfpa	and/ like (the)/ doves
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
אֲרֻבֹּתֵי/הֶֽם	'a.ru.bo.tei./Hem	H699	HNcfpc/Sp3mp	openings/ their

Strong's References

H699 — אֲרֻבָּה (ʼărubbâh, ar-oob-baw'): feminine participle passive of אָרַב (ʼârab) H693 (as if for lurking); a lattice; (by implication) a window, dovecot (because of the pigeon-holes), chimney (with its apertures for smoke), sluice (with openings for water); chimney, window.
H3123 — יוֹנָה (yôwnâh, yo-naw'): probably from the same as יַיִן (yayin) H3196; a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating); dove, pigeon.
H5645 — עָב (ʻâb, awb): (masculine and feminine); from עוּב (ʻûwb) H5743; properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse; clay, (thick) cloud, [idiom] thick, thicket. Compare עֲבִי (ʻăbîy) H5672.
H5774 — עוּף (ʻûwph, oof): a primitive root; to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence (as denominative from עוֹף (ʻôwph) H5775); to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning); brandish, be (wax) faint, flee away, fly (away), [idiom] set, shine forth, weary.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל (ʼel) ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
H428 — אֵלֶּה (ʼêl-leh, ale'-leh): prolonged from אֵל (ʼêl) H411; these or those; an-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).
H4310 — מִי (mîy, me): an interrogative pronoun of persons, as מָה (mâh) H4100 is of things; who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix; any (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.

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Related Topics

Thompson Chain: MISSIONS, WORLD-WIDE
Torrey’s: CLOUDS; DOVE, THE; EXCELLENCY AND GLORY OF THE CHURCH, THE; HEATHEN, THE; SAINTS, COMPARED TO
Nave’s: CHURCH; DOVE, TURTLE; GENTILES; GOSPEL; JESUS, THE CHRIST; RIGHTEOUS

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