Habakkuk 1:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?”

Habakkuk 1:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Habakkuk 1:179 words

HebrewMeaning

הַ֥/עַלhaʿal

aboveparticleH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

כֵּ֖ןkēn

-wardparticleH3651

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

יָרִ֣יקyāriyq

cast outverbH7324

arm · draw · empty · pour forth

חֶרְמ֑/וֹḥerəmwō

curse(-dnounH2764

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

וְ/תָמִ֛ידwətāmiyd

alwayconjH8548

continual (employment · -ly) · daily · ever ···

לַ/הֲרֹ֥גlahărōg

destroypronH2026

out of hand · kill · murder · put to ···

גּוֹיִ֖םgwōyim

GentilenounH1471

heathen · nation · people

לֹ֥אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יַחְמֽוֹלyaḥəmwōl

have compassionverbH2550

pity · spare

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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