Nahum

Nahum 3:8–10

⁸Are you better than Thebes,^a

stationed by the Nile with water around her,

whose rampart was the sea,

whose wall was the water?

⁹Cush^b and Egypt were her boundless strength;

Put and Libya were her allies.

¹⁰Yet she became an exile;

she went into captivity.

Her infants were dashed to pieces

at the head of every street.

They cast lots for her dignitaries,

and all her nobles were bound in chains.

Footnotes

a 3:8 Hebrew No-amon
b 3:9 That is, the upper Nile region

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Nahum 3:8

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Are you better	הֲתֵֽיטְבִי֙	hă·ṯê·ṭə·ḇî	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person feminine singular	H3190 be good, well, glad, pleasing
than Thebes	מִנֹּ֣א	min·nō	Preposition-m; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4996 No = Thebes
stationed	הַיֹּֽשְׁבָה֙	hay·yō·šə·ḇāh	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
by the Nile	בַּיְאֹרִ֔ים	bay·’ō·rîm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H2975 stream
with water	מַ֖יִם	ma·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine
around	סָבִ֣יב	sā·ḇîḇ	Adverb	H5439 circuit, round about
her	לָ֑הּ	lāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular
whose	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
rampart	חֵ֣יל	ḥêl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2426 rampart, fortress
was the sea	יָ֔ם	yām	Noun - masculine singular	H3220 sea
whose wall	חוֹמָתָֽהּ׃	ḥō·w·mā·ṯāh	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H2346 wall
was the water	מִיָּ֖ם	mî·yām	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H3220 sea

Nahum 3:9

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Cush	כּ֥וּשׁ	kūš	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3568 Cush
and Egypt	וּמִצְרַ֖יִם	ū·miṣ·ra·yim	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4714 Egypt, Egyptians
were her boundless	וְאֵ֣ין	wə·’ên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
strength	עָצְמָ֛ה	‘ā·ṣə·māh	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H6109 might
Put	פּ֣וּט	pūṭ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6316 Libyans
and Libya	וְלוּבִ֔ים	wə·lū·ḇîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3864 Lybians
were	הָי֖וּ	hā·yū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
her allies	בְּעֶזְרָתֵֽךְ׃	bə·‘ez·rā·ṯêḵ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular	H5833 help, succour, assistance

Nahum 3:10

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Yet	גַּם־	gam-	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
she	הִ֗יא	hî	Pronoun - third person feminine singular	H1931 he, she
became an exile	לַגֹּלָה֙	lag·gō·lāh	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H1473 exiles, exile
she went	הָלְכָ֣ה	hā·lə·ḵāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
into captivity	בַשֶּׁ֔בִי	ḇaš·še·ḇî	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7628 captivity, captives
Her infants	עֹלָלֶ֛יהָ	‘ō·lā·le·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H5768 child
were dashed to pieces	יְרֻטְּשׁ֖וּ	yə·ruṭ·ṭə·šū	Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7376 dash in pieces
at the head	בְּרֹ֣אשׁ	bə·rōš	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7218 head
of every	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
street	חוּצ֑וֹת	ḥū·ṣō·wṯ	Noun - masculine plural	H2351 the outside
They cast	יַדּ֣וּ	yad·dū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3032 cast
lots	גוֹרָ֔ל	ḡō·w·rāl	Noun - masculine singular	H1486 lot
for	וְעַל־	wə·‘al-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5921 height
her dignitaries	נִכְבַּדֶּ֙יהָ֙	niḵ·bad·de·hā	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H3513 be heavy, weighty, burdensome, honoured
and all	וְכָל־	wə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
her nobles	גְּדוֹלֶ֖יהָ	gə·ḏō·w·le·hā	Adjective - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H1419 great
were bound	רֻתְּק֥וּ	rut·tə·qū	Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural	H7576 bind
in chains	בַזִּקִּֽים׃	ḇaz·ziq·qîm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H2131 leaps, flash, arrow

Cross-references

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Nahum 3:8 Amos 6:2 · Ezekiel 30:14–16

Nahum 3:9 Ezekiel 27:10 · Ezekiel 30:5 · Isaiah 20:5 · 2 Chronicles 12:3 · Jeremiah 46:9 · Ezekiel 38:5 · Genesis 10:6

Nahum 3:10 Isaiah 20:4 · Hosea 13:16 · Joel 3:3 · Obadiah 1:11 · Isaiah 13:16 · Lamentations 2:19

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