Habakkuk 1:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.”

Habakkuk 1:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Habakkuk 1:418 words

HebrewMeaning

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

כֵּן֙kēn

-wardparticleH3651

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

תָּפ֣וּגtāpwg

ceaseverbH6313

be feeble · faint · be slacked

תּוֹרָ֔הtwōrāh

lawnounH8451

וְ/לֹֽאwəlōʾ

ereconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יֵצֵ֥אyēṣēʾ

appearverbH3318

after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···

לָ/נֶ֖צַחlāneṣaḥ

alwaypronH5331

constantly · end · ever · perpetual ···

מִשְׁפָּ֑טmišəpāṭ

ceremonynounH4941

adversary · charge · crime · custom ···

כִּ֤יkiy

andconjH3588

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

רָשָׁע֙rāšāʿ

guiltyadjH7563

condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong

מַכְתִּ֣ירmakətiyr

beset roundverbH3803

compass about · be crowned inclose round · suffer

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הַ/צַּדִּ֔יקhaṣadiyq

justparticleH6662

lawful · righteous

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

כֵּ֛ןkēn

-wardparticleH3651

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

יֵצֵ֥אyēṣēʾ

appearverbH3318

after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···

מִשְׁפָּ֖טmišəpāṭ

ceremonynounH4941

adversary · charge · crime · custom ···

מְעֻקָּֽלməʿuqāl

wrongverbH6127

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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