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Habakkuk 2:6 — King James Version← Study notes

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!


Habakkuk 2:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Habakkuk 2:619 words
HebrewMeaning
הֲ/לוֹאhălwōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אֵ֣לֶּהʾēleh
an- other; one sortprepH428
so · some · such · them ···
כֻלָּ֗/םkulām
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
עָלָי/ו֙ʿālāyw
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
מָשָׁ֣לmāšāl
bywordnounH4912
like · parable · proverb
יִשָּׂ֔אוּyiśāʾw
acceptverbH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
וּ/מְלִיצָ֖הwməliyṣāh
interpretationconjH4426
taunting
חִיד֣וֹתḥiydwōt
dark saying (sentencenounH2420
speech) · hard question · proverb · riddle
ל֑/וֹlwō
pron
וְ/יֹאמַ֗רwəyōʾmar
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
ה֚וֹיhwōy
ahparticleH1945
alas · ho · O · woe
הַ/מַּרְבֶּ֣הhamarəbeh
abundanceparticleH7235
archer (by mistake for
לֹּאlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
ל֔/וֹlwō
pron
עַדʿad
againstpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
מָתַ֕יmātay
longparticleH4970
when
וּ/מַכְבִּ֥ידwmakəbiyd
abounding withconjH3513
more grievously afflict · boast · be chargeable · be dim ···
עָלָ֖י/וʿālāyw
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
עַבְטִֽיטʿabəṭiyṭ
thick claynounH5671
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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