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Habakkuk 2:15 — King James Version← Study notes

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!


Habakkuk 2:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Habakkuk 2:1511 words
HebrewMeaning
ה֚וֹיhwōy
ahparticleH1945
alas · ho · O · woe
מַשְׁקֵ֣הmašəqēh
cause to (giveverbH8248
give to · let · make to) drink · drown ···
רֵעֵ֔/הוּrēʿēhw
brothernounH7453
companion · fellow · friend · husband ···
מְסַפֵּ֥חַməsapēḥa
abidingverbH5596
gather together · cleave · smite with the scab
חֲמָתְ/ךָ֖ḥămātəkā
bottlenounH2573
וְ/אַ֣ףwəʾap
alsoconjH637
although · and (furthermore · yet) · but ···
שַׁכֵּ֑רšakēr
drinkverbH7937
(be · make) drunk · be merry. (Superlative of
לְמַ֥עַןləmaʿan
because ofpronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
הַבִּ֖יטhabiyṭ
beholdverbH5027
consider · look · regard · have respect ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
מְעוֹרֵי/הֶֽםməʿwōrēyhem
nakednessnounH4589
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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