Habakkuk 2:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.”

Habakkuk 2:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Habakkuk 2:1715 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּ֣יkiy

forconjH3588

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

חֲמַ֤סḥămas

the violence ofnounH2555

damage · false · injustice · oppressor ···

לְבָנוֹן֙ləbānwōn

LebanonnounH3844

יְכַסֶּ֔/ךָּyəkasekā

it will cover youverbH3680

close · clothe · conceal · cover ···

וְ/שֹׁ֥דwəšōd

and the devastation ofconjH7701

destruction · oppression · robbery · spoil(-ed ···

בְּהֵמ֖וֹתbəhēmwōt

animalsnounH929

cattle

יְחִיתַ֑/ןyəḥiytan

it will terrify themverbH2865

affright · be afraid · amaze · beat down ···

מִ/דְּמֵ֤יmidəmēy

from the blood ofpronH1818

-guiltiness · innocent

אָדָם֙ʾādām

humankindnounH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

וַ/חֲמַסwaḥămas

and the violence ofconjH2555

damage · false · injustice · oppressor ···

אֶ֔רֶץʾereṣ

the land ofnounH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

קִרְיָ֖הqirəyāh

the townnounH7151

וְ/כָלwəkāl

and allconjH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

יֹ֥שְׁבֵיyōšəbēy

those who dwellverbH3427

continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···

בָֽ/הּbāh

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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