Habakkuk 2:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.”

Habakkuk 2:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Habakkuk 2:115 words

HebrewMeaning

עַלʿal

atpronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֣/יmišəmarətiy

post mynounH4931

keep · or to be kept · office · ordinace ···

אֶעֱמֹ֔דָהʾeʿĕmōdāh

I will standverbH5975

appoint · arise · cease · confirm ···

וְ/אֶֽתְיַצְּבָ֖הwəʾetəyaṣəbāh

and I will take my standconjH3320

remaining · resort · set · (be able to ···

עַלʿal

onpronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

מָצ֑וֹרmāṣwōr

the fortificationnounH4692

bulwark · defence · fenced · fortress ···

וַ/אֲצַפֶּ֗הwaʾăṣapeh

so I may watchconjH6822

espy · look up · wait for · watch

לִ/רְאוֹת֙lirəʾwōt

to seepronH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

מַהmah

what?particleH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

יְדַבֶּרyədaber

will he speakverbH1696

appoint · bid · command · commune ···

בִּ֔/יbiy

pron

וּ/מָ֥הwmāh

and what?conjH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

אָשִׁ֖יבʾāšiyb

will I bring backverbH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

עַלʿal

onpronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

תּוֹכַחְתִּֽ/יtwōkaḥətiy

complaint mynounH8433

chastened · correction · reasoning · rebuke ···

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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