Habakkuk 1:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.”

Habakkuk 1:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Habakkuk 1:1612 words

HebrewMeaning

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

כֵּן֙kēn

-wardparticleH3651

after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···

יְזַבֵּ֣חַyəzabēḥa

killverbH2076

offer · sacrifice · slay

לְ/חֶרְמ֔/וֹləḥerəmwō

curse(-dpronH2764

-d thing) · dedicated thing · things which should have been utterly destroyed · utter destruction ···

וִֽ/יקַטֵּ֖רwiyqaṭēr

burn (incenseconjH6999

sacrifice) · incense · kindle · offer (incense ···

לְ/מִכְמַרְתּ֑/וֹləmikəmarətwō

dragpronH4365

net

כִּ֤יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

בָ/הֵ֨מָּה֙bāhēmāh

itpronH1992

like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···

שָׁמֵ֣ןšāmēn

fatadjH8082

lusty · plenteous

חֶלְק֔/וֹḥeləqwō

flatterynounH2506

inheritance · part · partake · portion

וּ/מַאֲכָל֖/וֹwmaʾăkālwō

foodconjH3978

fruit · meat · victual

בְּרִאָֽהbəriʾāh

fatadjH1277

-ter) · fed · firm · plenteous ···

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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