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Nahum 3:16 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.


Nahum 3:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Nahum 3:167 words
HebrewMeaning
הִרְבֵּית֙hirəbēyt
abundanceverbH7235
archer (by mistake for
רֹֽכְלַ֔יִ/ךְrōkəlayikə
merchantverbH7402
מִ/כּוֹכְבֵ֖יmikwōkəbēy
starpronH3556
הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִםhašāmāyim
heavenparticleH8064
astrologer · heaven
יֶ֥לֶקyeleq
cankerwormnounH3218
caterpillar
פָּשַׁ֖טpāšaṭ
fall uponverbH6584
flay · invade · make an invasion · pull off ···
וַ/יָּעֹֽףwayāʿōp
brandishconjH5774
be faint · flee away · fly · set ···
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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