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Nahum 2:8 — King James Version← Study notes

But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.


Nahum 2:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Nahum 2:810 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/הֻצַּ֖בwəhuṣab
and it has been fixedconjH5324
deputy · erect · establish · Huzzah ···
גֻּלְּתָ֣הgulətāh
it was uncoveredverbH1540
advertise · bewray · bring · (carry ···
הֹֽעֲלָ֑תָהhōʿălātāh
it was taken awayverbH5927
ascend up · at once · break · bring ···
וְ/אַמְהֹתֶ֗י/הָwəʾaməhōteyhā
and maidservants itsconjH519
maid
מְנַֽהֲגוֹת֙mənahăgwōt
are moaningverbH5090
bring · carry away · drive · lead (away ···
כְּ/ק֣וֹלkəqwōl
like the sound ofpronH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
יוֹנִ֔יםywōniym
dovesnounH3123
pigeon
מְתֹפְפֹ֖תmətōpəpōt
they are beatingverbH8608
play with timbrels
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
לִבְבֵ/הֶֽןlibəbēhen
hearts theirnounH3824
bethink themselves · comfortably · courage · heart ···
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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Wisdom for daily life - Nahum 2
The early church would have heard this very differently than we do today. Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss. His timing, His methods, His purposes - all beyond our ...
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