Nahum

Nahum 3:8–9

8Are you better than Thebes,a

stationed by the Nile with water around her,

whose rampart was the sea,

whose wall was the water?

9Cushb and Egypt were her boundless strength;

Put and Libya were her allies.

Footnotes

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

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Nahum 3:8

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Are you betterהֲתֵֽיטְבִי֙hă·ṯê·ṭə·ḇîVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person feminine singularH3190 be good, well, glad, pleasing
than Thebesמִנֹּ֣אmin·nōPreposition-m; Noun - proper - feminine singularH4996 No = Thebes
stationedהַיֹּֽשְׁבָה֙hay·yō·šə·ḇāhArticle; Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singularH3427 sit, remain, dwell
by the Nileבַּיְאֹרִ֔יםbay·’ō·rîmPreposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine pluralH2975 stream
with waterמַ֖יִםma·yimNoun - masculine pluralH4325 water, juice, urine
aroundסָבִ֣יבsā·ḇîḇAdverbH5439 circuit, round about
herלָ֑הּlāhPreposition; third person feminine singular
whoseאֲשֶׁר־’ă·šer-Pronoun - relativeH834 particle of relation
rampartחֵ֣ילḥêlNoun - masculine singular constructH2426 rampart, fortress
was the seaיָ֔םyāmNoun - masculine singularH3220 sea
whose wallחוֹמָתָֽהּ׃ḥō·w·mā·ṯāhNoun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singularH2346 wall
was the waterמִיָּ֖םmî·yāmPreposition-m; Noun - masculine singularH3220 sea

Nahum 3:9

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Cushכּ֥וּשׁkūšNoun - proper - feminine singularH3568 Cush
and Egyptוּמִצְרַ֖יִםū·miṣ·ra·yimConjunctive waw; Noun - proper - feminine singularH4714 Egypt, Egyptians
were her boundlessוְאֵ֣יןwə·’ênConjunctive waw; AdverbH369 nothing, nought
strengthעָצְמָ֛ה‘ā·ṣə·māhNoun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singularH6109 might
Putפּ֣וּטpūṭNoun - proper - feminine singularH6316 Libyans
and Libyaוְלוּבִ֔יםwə·lū·ḇîmConjunctive waw; Noun - proper - feminine singularH3864 Lybians
wereהָי֖וּhā·yūVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralH1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
her alliesבְּעֶזְרָתֵֽךְ׃bə·‘ez·rā·ṯêḵPreposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singularH5833 help, succour, assistance

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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

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.