Habakkuk 1:14 — King James Version← Study notes

“And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?”

Habakkuk 1:14 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Habakkuk 1:148 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/תַּעֲשֶׂ֥הwataʿăśeh

accomplishconjH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

אָדָ֖םʾādām

man (meannounH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

כִּ/דְגֵ֣יkidəgēy

fishpronH1709

הַ/יָּ֑םhayām

sea ( -faring manparticleH3220

) · south · west (-ern · side ···

כְּ/רֶ֖מֶשׂkəremeś

that creepethpronH7431

creeping thing

לֹאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

מֹשֵׁ֥לmōšēl

(haveverbH4910

make to have) dominion · governor · indeed · reign ···

בּֽ/וֹbwō

pron

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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