Habakkuk
Habakkuk 2:2
2Then the LORD answered me:
“Write down this vision
and clearly inscribe it on tablets,
so that a herald may run with it.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then the LORD | יְהוָה֙ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| answered me | וַיַּעֲנֵ֤נִי | way·ya·‘ă·nê·nî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular | H6030 answer, respond |
| Write down | כְּת֣וֹב | kə·ṯō·wḇ | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H3789 write |
| this vision | חָז֔וֹן | ḥā·zō·wn | Noun - masculine singular | H2377 vision |
| and clearly | וּבָאֵ֖ר | ū·ḇā·’êr | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular | H874 make distinct, plain |
| inscribe it on | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| tablets | הַלֻּח֑וֹת | hal·lu·ḥō·wṯ | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H3871 tablet, board or plank, plate |
| so that | לְמַ֥עַן | lə·ma·‘an | Conjunction | H4616 purpose, intent |
| a herald | ק֥וֹרֵא | qō·w·rê | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H7121 call, proclaim, read |
| may run | יָר֖וּץ | yā·rūṣ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H7323 run |
| with it | בֽוֹ׃ | ḇōw | Preposition; third person masculine singular |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Isaiah 30:8 · Revelation 14:13 · Revelation 1:18–19 · Deuteronomy 31:22 · Revelation 21:5–8 · Daniel 12:4 · Isaiah 8:1 · Deuteronomy 27:8 · Deuteronomy 31:19 · John 11:28–29 · Jeremiah 36:27–32 · Revelation 19:9
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.