“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 2:15 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Habakkuk 2:1511 words
HebrewMeaning
ה֚וֹיhwōy
woe to!particleH1945
alas · ho · O · woe
מַשְׁקֵ֣הmašəqēh
one who makes drinkverbH8248
give to · let · make to) drink · drown ···
רֵעֵ֔/הוּrēʿēhw
neighbor hisnounH7453
companion · fellow · friend · husband ···
מְסַפֵּ֥חַməsapēḥa
you are pouring outverbH5596
gather together · cleave · smite with the scab
חֲמָתְ/ךָ֖ḥămātəkā
bottlenounH2573
וְ/אַ֣ףwəʾap
and evenconjH637
although · and (furthermore · yet) · but ···
שַׁכֵּ֑רšakēr
you make them drunkverbH7937
(be · make) drunk · be merry. (Superlative of
לְמַ֥עַןləmaʿan
so aspronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
הַבִּ֖יטhabiyṭ
to lookverbH5027
consider · look · regard · have respect ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
מְעוֹרֵי/הֶֽםməʿwōrēyhem
nakedness theirnounH4589
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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