Midvash

עַיִשׁʻAyish

the constellation of the Great Bear (perhaps from its migration through the heavens)

Pronunciation: ah'-yish · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5906

Meanings

a constellation, perhaps Great Bear (Job 38:22; Job 9:9)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Job 9:9 He made all the stars—the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the constellations of the southern sky.
  • Job 38:32 Can you direct the constellations through the seasons or guide the Bear with her cubs across the heavens?

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).