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Habakkuk 1:8 — King James Version← Study notes

Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.


Habakkuk 1:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Habakkuk 1:815 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/קַלּ֨וּwəqalw
and they are swiftconjH7043
make bright · bring into contempt · curse · despise ···
מִ/נְּמֵרִ֜יםminəmēriym
more than leopardspronH5246
סוּסָ֗י/וswsāyw
horses itsnounH5483
horse (-back · -hoof). Compare
וְ/חַדּוּ֙wəḥadw
and they are keenconjH2300
sharpen
מִ/זְּאֵ֣בֵיmizəʾēbēy
more than wolves ofpronH2061
עֶ֔רֶבʿereb
the eveningnounH6153
day · tide) · night
וּ/פָ֖שׁוּwpāšw
and they paw the groundconjH6335
be grown fat · spread selves · be scattered
פָּֽרָשָׁ֑י/וpārāšāyw
warhorses itsnounH6571
וּ/פָֽרָשָׁי/ו֙wpārāšāyw
and horsemen itsconjH6571
מֵ/רָח֣וֹקmērāḥwōq
from a distancepronH7350
off) · long ago · of old · space ···
יָבֹ֔אוּyābōʾw
they comeverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
יָעֻ֕פוּyāʿupw
they flyverbH5774
be faint · flee away · fly · set ···
כְּ/נֶ֖שֶׁרkənešer
like an eaglepronH5404
חָ֥שׁḥāš
making hasteverbH2363
ready
לֶ/אֱכֽוֹלleʾĕkwōl
to devourpronH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
Words 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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