Nahum 3:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.”

Nahum 3:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Nahum 3:1211 words

HebrewMeaning

כָּ֨לkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

מִבְצָרַ֔יִ/ךְmibəṣārayikə

(de-nounH4013

most) fenced · fortress · strong

תְּאֵנִ֖יםtəʾēniym

fignounH8384

עִםʿim

accompanyingpronH5973

against · and · as · before ···

בִּכּוּרִ֑יםbikwriym

first fruit )nounH1061

hasty fruit

אִםʾim

(andconjH518

can- · doubtless · if · that) ···

יִנּ֕וֹעוּyinwōʿw

continuallyverbH5128

fugitive · make · to up and down · be gone away ···

וְ/נָפְל֖וּwənāpəlw

be acceptedconjH5307

cast (down · self · out) · cease ···

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

פִּ֥יpiy

mouthnounH6310

-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···

אוֹכֵֽלʾwōkēl

burn upverbH398

at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···

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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