34:15 Owls 1 will make nests and lay eggs 2 there;
they will hatch them and protect them. 3
Yes, hawks 4 will gather there,
each with its mate.
59:5 They hatch the eggs of a poisonous snake
and spin a spider’s web.
Whoever eats their eggs will die,
a poisonous snake is hatched. 5
1 tn Hebrew קִפּוֹז (qippoz) occurs only here; the precise meaning of the word is uncertain.
2 tn For this proposed meaning for Hebrew מָלַט (malat), see HALOT 589 s.v. I מלט.
3 tn Heb “and brood [over them] in her shadow.”
4 tn The precise meaning of דַּיָּה (dayyah) is uncertain, though the term appears to refer to some type of bird of prey, perhaps a vulture.
5 tn Heb “that which is pressed in hatches [as] a snake.”