Nahum

Nahum 3:12

¹²All your fortresses are fig trees

with the first ripe figs;

when shaken, they fall

into the mouth of the eater!

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
All	כָּ֨ל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
your fortresses	מִבְצָרַ֔יִךְ	miḇ·ṣā·ra·yiḵ	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H4013 fortification
are fig trees	תְּאֵנִ֖ים	tə·’ê·nîm	Noun - feminine plural	H8384 fig
with	עִם־	‘im-	Preposition	H5973 with
the first ripe figs	בִּכּוּרִ֑ים	bik·kū·rîm	Noun - masculine plural	H1061 first-fruits
when	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
shaken	יִנּ֕וֹעוּ	yin·nō·w·‘ū	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5128 quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter
they fall	וְנָפְל֖וּ	wə·nā·p̄ə·lū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H5307 fall, lie
into	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the mouth	פִּ֥י	pî	Noun - masculine singular construct	H6310 mouth
of the eater	אוֹכֵֽל׃	’ō·w·ḵêl	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H398 eat

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.