Nahum

Nahum 3:15–16

¹⁵There the fire will devour you;

the sword will cut you down

and consume you like a young locust.

Make yourself many like the young locust;

make yourself many like the swarming locust!

¹⁶You have multiplied your merchants

more than the stars of the sky.

The young locust strips the land

and flies away.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
There	שָׁ֚ם	šām	Adverb	H8033 there, thither
the fire	אֵ֔שׁ	’êš	Noun - common singular	H784 fire
will devour you	תֹּאכְלֵ֣ךְ	tō·ḵə·lêḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular; second person feminine singular	H398 eat
the sword	חֶ֔רֶב	ḥe·reḇ	Noun - feminine singular	H2719 sword
will cut you down	תַּכְרִיתֵ֣ךְ	taḵ·rî·ṯêḵ	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular; second person feminine singular	H3772 cut off, cut down
and consume you	תֹּאכְלֵ֖ךְ	tō·ḵə·lêḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular; second person feminine singular	H398 eat
like a young locust	כַּיָּ֑לֶק	kay·yā·leq	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3218 locust
Make yourself many	הִתְכַּבֵּ֣ד	hiṯ·kab·bêḏ	Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - masculine singular	H3513 be heavy, weighty, burdensome, honoured
like the young locust	כַּיֶּ֔לֶק	kay·ye·leq	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3218 locust
make yourself many	הִֽתְכַּבְּדִ֖י	hiṯ·kab·bə·ḏî	Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - feminine singular	H3513 be heavy, weighty, burdensome, honoured
like the swarming locust	כָּאַרְבֶּֽה׃	kā·’ar·beh	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H697 locust

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You have multiplied	הִרְבֵּית֙	hir·bêṯ	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person feminine singular	H7235 be, or become, much, many, great
your merchants	רֹֽכְלַ֔יִךְ	rō·ḵə·la·yiḵ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H7402 go about, from one to another
more than the stars	מִכּוֹכְבֵ֖י	mik·kō·wḵ·ḇê	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct	H3556 star
of the sky	הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם	haš·šā·mā·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
The young locust	יֶ֥לֶק	ye·leq	Noun - masculine singular	H3218 locust
strips the land	פָּשַׁ֖ט	pā·šaṭ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6584 strip off, make a dash, raid
and flies away	וַיָּעֹֽף׃	way·yā·‘ōp̄	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5774 fly

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.