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Nahum 2:12 — King James Version← Study notes

The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.


Nahum 2:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Nahum 2:1215 words
HebrewMeaning
אַיֵּה֙ʾayēh
where?particleH346
מְע֣וֹןməʿwōn
is the dwelling place ofnounH4583
dwelling place) · habitation
אֲרָי֔וֹתʾărāywōt
lionsnounH738
pierce
וּ/מִרְעֶ֥הwmirəʿeh
and is pastureconjH4829
pasture
ה֖וּאhwʾ
itprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
לַ/כְּפִרִ֑יםlakəpiriym
for young lionspronH3715
village. Compare
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
whereparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
הָלַךְ֩hālakə
it walkedverbH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
אַרְיֵ֨הʾarəyēh
lionnounH738
pierce
לָבִ֥יאlābiyʾ
lionessnounH3833
old · stout) lion · lioness · young
שָׁ֛םšām
thereadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
גּ֥וּרgwr
cub ofnounH1482
young one
אַרְיֵ֖הʾarəyēh
lionnounH738
pierce
וְ/אֵ֥יןwəʾēyn
and there notconjH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
מַחֲרִֽידmaḥăriyd
was one who disturbed themverbH2729
be careful · discomfit · fray · quake ···
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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