Nahum

Nahum 3:10

¹⁰Yet she became an exile;

she went into captivity.

Her infants were dashed to pieces

at the head of every street.

They cast lots for her dignitaries,

and all her nobles were bound in chains.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Yet	גַּם־	gam-	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
she	הִ֗יא	hî	Pronoun - third person feminine singular	H1931 he, she
became an exile	לַגֹּלָה֙	lag·gō·lāh	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H1473 exiles, exile
she went	הָלְכָ֣ה	hā·lə·ḵāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
into captivity	בַשֶּׁ֔בִי	ḇaš·še·ḇî	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7628 captivity, captives
Her infants	עֹלָלֶ֛יהָ	‘ō·lā·le·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H5768 child
were dashed to pieces	יְרֻטְּשׁ֖וּ	yə·ruṭ·ṭə·šū	Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7376 dash in pieces
at the head	בְּרֹ֣אשׁ	bə·rōš	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7218 head
of every	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
street	חוּצ֑וֹת	ḥū·ṣō·wṯ	Noun - masculine plural	H2351 the outside
They cast	יַדּ֣וּ	yad·dū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3032 cast
lots	גוֹרָ֔ל	ḡō·w·rāl	Noun - masculine singular	H1486 lot
for	וְעַל־	wə·‘al-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5921 height
her dignitaries	נִכְבַּדֶּ֙יהָ֙	niḵ·bad·de·hā	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H3513 be heavy, weighty, burdensome, honoured
and all	וְכָל־	wə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
her nobles	גְּדוֹלֶ֖יהָ	gə·ḏō·w·le·hā	Adjective - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H1419 great
were bound	רֻתְּק֥וּ	rut·tə·qū	Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural	H7576 bind
in chains	בַזִּקִּֽים׃	ḇaz·ziq·qîm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H2131 leaps, flash, arrow

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Isaiah 20:4 · Hosea 13:16 · Joel 3:3 · Obadiah 1:11 · Isaiah 13:16 · Lamentations 2:19

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.