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Nahum 1:3 — King James Version← Study notes

The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.


Nahum 1:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Nahum 1:316 words
HebrewMeaning
יְהֹוָ֗הyəhōwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֶ֤רֶךְʾerekə
is long ofadjH750
-winged) · patient · slow
אַפַּ֨יִם֙ʾapayim
angernounH639
before · countenance · face · forebearing ···
ו/גדולwgdwl
elderconjH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
וּ/גְדָלwgədāl
elderconjH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
כֹּ֔חַkōḥa
powernounH3581
able · chameleon · force · fruits ···
וְ/נַקֵּ֖הwənaqēh
and certainlyconjH5352
altogether · be blameless · cleanse · clear ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יְנַקֶּ֑הyənaqeh
he will leave unpunishedverbH5352
altogether · be blameless · cleanse · clear ···
יְהוָ֗הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
בְּ/סוּפָ֤הbəswpāh
is in storm-windpronH5492
storm · tempest · whirlwind · Red sea
וּ/בִ/שְׂעָרָה֙wbiśəʿārāh
and in stormconjH8183
tempest
דַּרְכּ֔/וֹdarəkwō
way hisnounH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
וְ/עָנָ֖ןwəʿānān
and is cloudconjH6051
אֲבַ֥קʾăbaq
the dust ofnounH80
powder
רַגְלָֽי/וragəlāyw
feet hisnounH7272
be able to endure · according as · after · coming ···
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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