Habakkuk 1:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.”

Habakkuk 1:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Habakkuk 1:615 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּֽיkiy

forconjH3588

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

הִנְ/נִ֤יhinəniy

here IparticleH2005

if · lo · though

מֵקִים֙mēqiym

am about to raise upverbH6965

accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הַ/כַּשְׂדִּ֔יםhakaśədiym

the ChaldeansparticleH3778

Chaldees · inhabitants of Chaldea

הַ/גּ֖וֹיhagwōy

the nationparticleH1471

heathen · nation · people

הַ/מַּ֣רhamar

bitterparticleH4751

angry · -ness) · chafed · discontented ···

וְ/הַ/נִּמְהָ֑רwəhaniməhār

and impetuousconjH4116

fearful · (cause to make · in · make) haste(-n ···

הַֽ/הוֹלֵךְ֙hahwōlēkə

which goesparticleH1980

apace · behave · come · continually ···

לְ/מֶרְחֲבֵיləmerəḥăbēy

to the expanses ofpronH4800

large place

אֶ֔רֶץʾereṣ

the earthnounH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

לָ/רֶ֖שֶׁתlārešet

to take possession ofpronH3423

consume · destroy · disinherit · dispossess ···

מִשְׁכָּנ֥וֹתmišəkānwōt

dwellingsnounH4908

dwelling · habitation · tabernacle · tent

לֹּאlōʾ

which notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

לֽ/וֹlwō

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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