Nahum

Nahum 1:5

⁵The mountains quake before Him,

and the hills melt away;

the earth trembles at His presence—

the world and all its dwellers.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The mountains	הָרִים֙	hā·rîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
quake	רָעֲשׁ֣וּ	rā·‘ă·šū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7493 quake, shake
before Him	מִמֶּ֔נּוּ	mim·men·nū	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
and the hills	וְהַגְּבָע֖וֹת	wə·hag·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - feminine plural	H1389 hill
melt away	הִתְמֹגָ֑גוּ	hiṯ·mō·ḡā·ḡū	Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - third person common plural	H4127 melt
the earth	הָאָ֙רֶץ֙	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
trembles	וַתִּשָּׂ֤א	wat·tiś·śā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H5375 lift, take, carry
at His presence	מִפָּנָ֔יו	mip·pā·nāw	Preposition-m; Noun - common plural construct; third person masculine singular	H6440 face, before
the world	וְתֵבֵ֖ל	wə·ṯê·ḇêl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H8398 world
and all	וְכָל־	wə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
its dwellers	יֹ֥שְׁבֵי	yō·šə·ḇê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H3427 sit, remain, dwell

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.