Nahum 1:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.”

Nahum 1:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Nahum 1:88 words

HebrewMeaning

וּ/בְ/שֶׁ֣טֶףwbəšeṭep

and with a floodconjH7858

outrageous · overflowing

עֹבֵ֔רʿōbēr

which passes oververbH5674

alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···

כָּלָ֖הkālāh

complete destructionnounH3617

(be · utterly) consume · consummation · was determined ···

יַעֲשֶׂ֣הyaʿăśeh

he will makeverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

מְקוֹמָ֑/הּməqwōmāh

place itsnounH4725

home · open · place · room ···

וְ/אֹיְבָ֖י/וwəʾōyəbāyw

and enemies hisconjH341

foe

יְרַדֶּףyəradep

he will pursueverbH7291

put to flight · follow (after · on) · hunt ···

חֹֽשֶׁךְḥōšekə

darknessnounH2822

night · obscurity

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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