Nahum
Nahum 3:16
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.