Nahum

Nahum 3:17–18

¹⁷Your guards^c are like the swarming locust,

and your scribes^d like clouds of locusts

that settle on the walls on a cold day.

When the sun rises, they fly away,

and no one knows where.

¹⁸O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber;

your officers sleep.

Your people are scattered on the mountains

with no one to gather them.

Footnotes

c 3:17 Or princes
d 3:17 Or marshals

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Nahum 3:17

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Your guards	מִנְּזָרַ֙יִךְ֙	min·nə·zā·ra·yiḵ	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H4502 consecrated
are like the swarming locust	כָּֽאַרְבֶּ֔ה	kā·’ar·beh	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H697 locust
and your scribes	וְטַפְסְרַ֖יִךְ	wə·ṭap̄·sə·ra·yiḵ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H2951 scribe, marshal
like clouds of locusts	כְּג֣וֹב	kə·ḡō·wḇ	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1462 locusts
that settle	הַֽחוֹנִ֤ים	ha·ḥō·w·nîm	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H2583 decline, bend down, encamp
on the walls	בַּגְּדֵרוֹת֙	bag·gə·ḏê·rō·wṯ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine plural	H1448 wall
on a cold	קָרָ֔ה	qā·rāh	Noun - feminine singular	H7135 id.
day	בְּי֣וֹם	bə·yō·wm	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3117 day
When the sun	שֶׁ֤מֶשׁ	še·meš	Noun - common singular	H8121 sun
rises	זָֽרְחָה֙	zā·rə·ḥāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H2224 rise, come forth
they fly away	וְנוֹדַ֔ד	wə·nō·w·ḏaḏ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Pual - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H5074 retreat, flee, depart, stray, wander, flutter
and no	וְלֹֽא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
one knows	נוֹדַ֥ע	nō·w·ḏa‘	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3045 know
where	אַיָּֽם׃	’ay·yām	Interrogative; third person masculine plural	H335 where?

Nahum 3:18

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
O king	מֶ֣לֶךְ	me·leḵ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Assyria	אַשּׁ֔וּר	’aš·šūr	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H804 Asshur, Assyria
your shepherds	רֹעֶ֙יךָ֙	rō·‘e·ḵā	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H7462 pasture, tend, graze
slumber	נָמ֤וּ	nā·mū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5123 be drowsy, slumber
your officers	אַדִּירֶ֑יךָ	’ad·dî·re·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H117 majestic
sleep	יִשְׁכְּנ֖וּ	yiš·kə·nū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7931 settle down, abide, dwell
Your people	עַמְּךָ֛	‘am·mə·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H5971 people
are scattered	נָפֹ֧שׁוּ	nā·p̄ō·šū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H6335 spring about
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the mountains	הֶהָרִ֖ים	he·hā·rîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
with no one	וְאֵ֥ין	wə·’ên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
to gather them	מְקַבֵּֽץ׃	mə·qab·bêṣ	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular	H6908 gather, collect

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Nahum 3:17 Jeremiah 51:27 · Revelation 9:7

Nahum 3:18 1 Kings 22:17 · Psalm 76:5–6 · Isaiah 13:14 · Jeremiah 51:57 · Jeremiah 50:18

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