Word of the Day - 7/29/2008

Tercel

A tercel is the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.

Among the many divine feats God cites to put Job in his place is his understanding of a tercel's flght patterns (Job 39:26). The Hebrew word used in the Job passage, netz, comes from natzah, meaning to shoot away, fly, because of the rapidity of its flight. It is used four times in the Old Testament. (Genesis 40:10, Leviticus 11:16, Deuteronomy 14:15, Job 39:26).

"Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars,
Stretching his wings toward the south? (Job 39:26, NASB)