Nahum
Nahum 3:19
19There is no healing for your injury;
your wound is severe.
All who hear the news of you
applaud your downfall,
for who has not experienced
your constant cruelty?
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| There is no | אֵין־ | ’ên- | Adverb | H369 nothing, nought |
| healing | כֵּהָ֣ה | kê·hāh | Noun - feminine singular | H3545 (dimming), lessening, alleviation |
| for your injury | לְשִׁבְרֶ֔ךָ | lə·šiḇ·re·ḵā | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H7667 breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash |
| your wound | מַכָּתֶ֑ךָ | mak·kā·ṯe·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H4347 blow, wound, slaughter |
| is severe | נַחְלָ֖ה | naḥ·lāh | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular | H2470 be weak, sick |
| All | כֹּ֣ל׀ | kōl | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| who hear | שֹׁמְעֵ֣י | šō·mə·‘ê | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | H8085 hear |
| the news of you | שִׁמְעֲךָ֗ | šim·‘ă·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H8088 sound |
| applaud | תָּ֤קְעוּ | tā·qə·‘ū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H8628 thrust, clap, give a blow, blast |
| your | עָלֶ֔יךָ | ‘ā·le·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | H5921 height |
| for | כִּ֗י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| who | מִ֛י | mî | Interrogative | H4310 who? |
| has not | לֹֽא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| experienced | עָבְרָ֥ה | ‘ā·ḇə·rāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on |
| your constant | תָּמִֽיד׃ | tā·mîḏ | Adverb | H8548 continuity |
| cruelty | רָעָתְךָ֖ | rā·‘ā·ṯə·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H7451 bad, evil |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Micah 1:9 · Lamentations 2:15 · Job 27:23 · Isaiah 37:18 · Jeremiah 46:11
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.