Verse 3

{ "verseID": "Habakkuk.1.3", "source": "לָ֣מָּה תַרְאֵ֤נִי אָ֙וֶן֙ וְעָמָ֣ל תַּבִּ֔יט וְשֹׁ֥ד וְחָמָ֖ס לְנֶגְדִּ֑י וַיְהִ֧י רִ֦יב וּמָד֖וֹן יִשָּֽׂא׃", "text": "Why *tarʾēnî* *ʾāwen* and-*ʿāmāl* *tabbîṭ* and-*šōd* and-*ḥāmās* before-me? *wa-yəhî* *rîḇ* and-*mādôn* *yiśśāʾ*", "grammar": { "*lāmmāh*": "interrogative adverb - why", "*tarʾēnî*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - you cause me to see", "*ʾāwen*": "noun, masculine singular - iniquity/wickedness", "*wə-ʿāmāl*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and toil/misery/trouble", "*tabbîṭ*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you look/gaze", "*wə-šōd*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and destruction/violence", "*wə-ḥāmās*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and violence", "*lə-negdî*": "preposition + preposition with 1st person singular suffix - before me", "*wa-yəhî*": "conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and there is", "*rîḇ*": "noun, masculine singular - strife/dispute", "*û-mādôn*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and contention", "*yiśśāʾ*": "verb, Niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is lifted up/arises" }, "variants": { "*ʾāwen*": "iniquity/wickedness/trouble/sorrow", "*ʿāmāl*": "toil/misery/trouble/mischief", "*šōd*": "destruction/violence/devastation", "*ḥāmās*": "violence/wrong/injustice", "*rîḇ*": "strife/dispute/controversy/legal case", "*mādôn*": "contention/strife/discord" } }

Verse 4

{ "verseID": "Habakkuk.1.4", "source": "עַל־כֵּן֙ תָּפ֣וּג תּוֹרָ֔ה וְלֹֽא־יֵצֵ֥א לָנֶ֖צַח מִשְׁפָּ֑ט כִּ֤י רָשָׁע֙ מַכְתִּ֣יר אֶת־הַצַּדִּ֔יק עַל־כֵּ֛ן יֵצֵ֥א מִשְׁפָּ֖ט מְעֻקָּֽל׃", "text": "Therefore *tāp̄ûḡ* *tôrāh* and-not-*yēṣēʾ* to-*lāneṣaḥ* *mišpāṭ* because *rāšāʿ* *maḵtîr* *ʾeṯ*-the-*ṣaddîq* therefore *yēṣēʾ* *mišpāṭ* *məʿuqqāl*", "grammar": { "*ʿal-kēn*": "preposition + adverb - therefore/thus", "*tāp̄ûḡ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - grows numb/is slackened", "*tôrāh*": "noun, feminine singular - law/instruction", "*wə-lōʾ-yēṣēʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle + verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and not goes forth", "*lāneṣaḥ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - to victory/forever/perpetuity", "*mišpāṭ*": "noun, masculine singular - justice/judgment", "*kî*": "conjunction - because/for", "*rāšāʿ*": "adjective, masculine singular - wicked person", "*maḵtîr*": "verb, Hiphil participle, masculine singular - surrounds/encircles", "*ʾeṯ-haṣṣaddîq*": "direct object marker + definite article + noun, masculine singular - the righteous person", "*yēṣēʾ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - goes forth", "*məʿuqqāl*": "adjective, masculine singular, Pual participle - distorted/perverted" }, "variants": { "*tāp̄ûḡ*": "grows numb/is slackened/fails/becomes feeble", "*tôrāh*": "law/instruction/teaching", "*lāneṣaḥ*": "to victory/forever/perpetually/completely", "*mišpāṭ*": "justice/judgment/legal decision", "*rāšāʿ*": "wicked person/unrighteous one", "*maḵtîr*": "surrounds/encircles/hemms in", "*ṣaddîq*": "righteous person/just one", "*məʿuqqāl*": "distorted/perverted/twisted" } }

Verse 5

{ "verseID": "Habakkuk.1.5", "source": "רְא֤וּ בַגּוֹיִם֙ וְֽהַבִּ֔יטוּ וְהִֽתַּמְּה֖וּ תְּמָ֑הוּ כִּי־פֹ֙עַל֙ פֹּעֵ֣ל בִּֽימֵיכֶ֔ם לֹ֥א תַאֲמִ֖ינוּ כִּ֥י יְסֻפָּֽר׃", "text": "*Rəʾû* among-the-*gôyim* and-*habbîṭû* and-*hittamməhû* *təmāhû* for-*p̄ōʿal* *pōʿēl* in-days-of-you not *taʾămînû* when *yəsuppār*", "grammar": { "*rəʾû*": "verb, Qal imperative, masculine plural - look/see", "*ḇaggôyim*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine plural - among the nations", "*wə-habbîṭû*": "conjunction + verb, Hiphil imperative, masculine plural - and observe/behold", "*wə-hittamməhû*": "conjunction + verb, Hithpael imperative, masculine plural - and be astounded", "*təmāhû*": "verb, Qal imperative, masculine plural - be amazed", "*kî-p̄ōʿal*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - for a work", "*pōʿēl*": "verb, Qal participle, masculine singular - working/doing", "*bîmêḵem*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - in your days", "*lōʾ taʾămînû*": "negative particle + verb, Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you will not believe", "*kî yəsuppār*": "conjunction + verb, Pual imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - when it is told" }, "variants": { "*gôyim*": "nations/gentiles/peoples", "*hittamməhû*": "be astounded/be amazed/be astonished", "*təmāhû*": "be amazed/be astonished/marvel", "*p̄ōʿal*": "work/deed/action", "*pōʿēl*": "working/doing/performing", "*taʾămînû*": "believe/trust/have faith", "*yəsuppār*": "is told/is recounted/is declared" } }

Verse 6

{ "verseID": "Habakkuk.1.6", "source": "כִּֽי־הִנְנִ֤י מֵקִים֙ אֶת־הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔ים הַגּ֖וֹי הַמַּ֣ר וְהַנִּמְהָ֑ר הַֽהוֹלֵךְ֙ לְמֶרְחֲבֵי־אֶ֔רֶץ לָרֶ֖שֶׁת מִשְׁכָּנ֥וֹת לֹּא־לֽוֹ׃", "text": "For-behold-I *mēqîm* *ʾeṯ*-the-*kaśdîm* the-*gôy* the-*mar* and-the-*nimhār* the-*hôlēḵ* to-*merḥăḇê*-*ʾereṣ* to-*lārešeṯ* *miškānôṯ* not-to-him", "grammar": { "*kî-hinənî*": "conjunction + interjection + 1st person singular suffix - for behold I", "*mēqîm*": "verb, Hiphil participle, masculine singular - raising up/establishing", "*ʾeṯ-hakkaśdîm*": "direct object marker + definite article + noun, masculine plural - the Chaldeans", "*haggôy*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the nation", "*hammar*": "definite article + adjective, masculine singular - the bitter", "*wə-hannimhār*": "conjunction + definite article + Niphal participle, masculine singular - and the impetuous", "*hahôlēḵ*": "definite article + Qal participle, masculine singular - the one walking/going", "*ləmerḥăḇê-ʾereṣ*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + noun, feminine singular - to breadths of earth", "*lārešeṯ*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to possess/inherit", "*miškānôṯ*": "noun, feminine plural - dwelling places/habitations", "*lōʾ-lô*": "negative particle + preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - not his" }, "variants": { "*mēqîm*": "raising up/establishing/causing to arise", "*kaśdîm*": "Chaldeans/Babylonians", "*gôy*": "nation/people", "*mar*": "bitter/fierce/cruel", "*nimhār*": "impetuous/hasty/rash/impulsive", "*hôlēḵ*": "walking/going/marching", "*merḥăḇê*": "breadths/expanses/wide spaces", "*ʾereṣ*": "earth/land/territory", "*lārešeṯ*": "to possess/to inherit/to take possession of", "*miškānôṯ*": "dwelling places/habitations/residences" } }

Verse 8

{ "verseID": "Habakkuk.1.8", "source": "וְקַלּ֨וּ מִנְּמֵרִ֜ים סוּסָ֗יו וְחַדּוּ֙ מִזְּאֵ֣בֵי עֶ֔רֶב וּפָ֖שׁוּ פָּֽרָשָׁ֑יו וּפָֽרָשָׁיו֙ מֵרָח֣וֹק יָבֹ֔אוּ יָעֻ֕פוּ כְּנֶ֖שֶׁר חָ֥שׁ לֶאֱכֽוֹל׃", "text": "And-*qallû* from-*nəmērîm* *sûsāyw* and-*ḥaddû* from-*zəʾēḇê ʿereḇ* and-*p̄āšû* *pārāšāyw* and-*p̄ārāšāyw* from-*mērāḥôq* *yāḇōʾû* *yāʿup̄û* like-*nešer* *ḥāš* to-*leʾĕḵôl*", "grammar": { "*wə-qallû*": "conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - and are swifter", "*minnəmērîm*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural - than leopards", "*sûsāyw*": "noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his horses", "*wə-ḥaddû*": "conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - and are fiercer", "*mizzəʾēḇê*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - than wolves of", "*ʿereḇ*": "noun, masculine singular - evening", "*û-p̄āšû*": "conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - and spread/leap", "*pārāšāyw*": "noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his horsemen", "*û-p̄ārāšāyw*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his horsemen", "*mērāḥôq*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from afar", "*yāḇōʾû*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they come", "*yāʿup̄û*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they fly", "*kənešer*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - like an eagle", "*ḥāš*": "verb, Qal participle, masculine singular - hastening", "*leʾĕḵôl*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to eat/devour" }, "variants": { "*qallû*": "are swifter/are faster/are lighter", "*nəmērîm*": "leopards/panthers", "*sûsāyw*": "his horses/his steeds", "*ḥaddû*": "are fiercer/are keener/are sharper", "*zəʾēḇê ʿereḇ*": "wolves of evening/evening wolves", "*p̄āšû*": "spread/leap/charge/dash about", "*pārāšāyw*": "his horsemen/his cavalry", "*mērāḥôq*": "from afar/from a distance", "*yāʿup̄û*": "they fly/they swoop", "*nešer*": "eagle/vulture", "*ḥāš*": "hastening/hurrying/swift" } }

Verse 10

{ "verseID": "Habakkuk.1.10", "source": "וְהוּא֙ בַּמְּלָכִ֣ים יִתְקַלָּ֔ס וְרֹזְנִ֖ים מִשְׂחָ֣ק ל֑וֹ ה֚וּא לְכָל־מִבְצָ֣ר יִשְׂחָ֔ק וַיִּצְבֹּ֥ר עָפָ֖ר וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃", "text": "And-he at-the-*məlāḵîm* *yiṯqallās* and-*rōzənîm* *miśḥāq* to-him he to-all-*miḇṣār* *yiśḥāq* and-*yiṣbōr* *ʿāp̄ār* and-*yilkəḏāh*", "grammar": { "*wə-hûʾ*": "conjunction + pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - and he", "*bammələḵîm*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine plural - at the kings", "*yiṯqallās*": "verb, Hithpael imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - mocks/scoffs", "*wə-rōzənîm*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural - and rulers", "*miśḥāq*": "noun, masculine singular - derision/laughter", "*lô*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him", "*hûʾ*": "pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he", "*ləḵāl-miḇṣār*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + noun, masculine singular - to all fortress", "*yiśḥāq*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - laughs", "*wa-yiṣbōr*": "conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and heaps up", "*ʿāp̄ār*": "noun, masculine singular - dust/dirt", "*wa-yilkəḏāh*": "conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and captures it" }, "variants": { "*məlāḵîm*": "kings/monarchs/rulers", "*yiṯqallās*": "mocks/scoffs/ridicules/derides", "*rōzənîm*": "rulers/princes/dignitaries", "*miśḥāq*": "derision/laughter/mockery/joke", "*miḇṣār*": "fortress/stronghold/fortified place", "*yiśḥāq*": "laughs/mocks/scoffs", "*yiṣbōr*": "heaps up/piles up/accumulates", "*ʿāp̄ār*": "dust/dirt/soil/earth", "*yilkəḏāh*": "captures it/seizes it/takes it" } }

Verse 12

{ "verseID": "Habakkuk.1.12", "source": "הֲל֧וֹא אַתָּ֣ה מִקֶּ֗דֶם יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהַ֛י קְדֹשִׁ֖י לֹ֣א נָמ֑וּת יְהוָה֙ לְמִשְׁפָּ֣ט שַׂמְתּ֔וֹ וְצ֖וּר לְהוֹכִ֥יחַ יְסַדְתּֽוֹ׃", "text": "Are-not you from-*qeḏem* *YHWH* *ʾĕlōhay* *qəḏōšî* not *nāmûṯ* *YHWH* for-*mišpāṭ* *śamtô* and-*ṣûr* for-*ləhôḵîaḥ* *yəsaḏtô*", "grammar": { "*hălôʾ*": "interrogative particle + negative particle - are not", "*ʾattāh*": "pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - you", "*miqqeḏem*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from antiquity/from ancient times", "*YHWH*": "divine name - Yahweh/LORD", "*ʾĕlōhay*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my God", "*qəḏōšî*": "adjective, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my Holy One", "*lōʾ nāmûṯ*": "negative particle + verb, Qal imperfect, 1st person plural - we shall not die", "*ləmišpāṭ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - for judgment", "*śamtô*": "verb, Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - you have appointed him", "*wə-ṣûr*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and Rock", "*ləhôḵîaḥ*": "preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct - for correction/reproof", "*yəsaḏtô*": "verb, Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - you have established him" }, "variants": { "*qeḏem*": "antiquity/ancient times/olden days/east", "*ʾĕlōhay*": "my God/my deity", "*qəḏōšî*": "my Holy One/my Sacred One", "*nāmûṯ*": "we shall die/we will die", "*mišpāṭ*": "judgment/justice/legal decision", "*śamtô*": "you have appointed him/you have ordained him/you have established him", "*ṣûr*": "Rock/cliff/stone (metaphor for strength)", "*ləhôḵîaḥ*": "for correction/for reproof/for rebuke/for chastisement", "*yəsaḏtô*": "you have established him/you have founded him/you have appointed him" } }

Verse 13

{ "verseID": "Habakkuk.1.13", "source": "טְה֤וֹר עֵינַ֙יִם֙ מֵרְא֣וֹת רָ֔ע וְהַבִּ֥יט אֶל־עָמָ֖ל לֹ֣א תוּכָ֑ל לָ֤מָּה תַבִּיט֙ בּֽוֹגְדִ֔ים תַּחֲרִ֕ישׁ בְּבַלַּ֥ע רָשָׁ֖ע צַדִּ֥יק מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃", "text": "*Ṭəhôr* *ʿênayim* from-*mērəʾôṯ* *rāʿ* and-*habbîṭ* to-*ʿāmāl* not *ṯûḵāl* why *tabbîṭ* *bôḡəḏîm* *taḥărîš* when-*bəballaʿ* *rāšāʿ* *ṣaddîq* than-him", "grammar": { "*ṭəhôr*": "adjective, masculine singular - pure/clean", "*ʿênayim*": "noun, feminine dual construct - eyes of", "*mērəʾôṯ*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - from seeing", "*rāʿ*": "adjective, masculine singular - evil", "*wə-habbîṭ*": "conjunction + Hiphil infinitive construct - and to look", "*ʾel-ʿāmāl*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - at trouble/misery", "*lōʾ ṯûḵāl*": "negative particle + verb, Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you cannot", "*lāmmāh*": "interrogative adverb - why", "*tabbîṭ*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you look", "*bôḡəḏîm*": "verb, Qal participle, masculine plural - treacherous ones", "*taḥărîš*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you are silent", "*bəballaʿ*": "preposition + Piel infinitive construct - when swallows up", "*rāšāʿ*": "adjective, masculine singular - wicked person", "*ṣaddîq*": "adjective, masculine singular - righteous person", "*mimmenû*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - than him" }, "variants": { "*ṭəhôr*": "pure/clean/clear", "*ʿênayim*": "eyes/sight", "*mērəʾôṯ*": "from seeing/from looking at", "*rāʿ*": "evil/bad/wrong/harm", "*habbîṭ*": "to look/to gaze/to observe", "*ʿāmāl*": "trouble/misery/toil/mischief", "*ṯûḵāl*": "you can/you are able", "*tabbîṭ*": "you look/you gaze/you observe", "*bôḡəḏîm*": "treacherous ones/faithless ones/traitors", "*taḥărîš*": "you are silent/you remain quiet/you hold your peace", "*bəballaʿ*": "when swallows up/when devours", "*rāšāʿ*": "wicked person/unrighteous one", "*ṣaddîq*": "righteous person/just one" } }

Verse 15

{ "verseID": "Habakkuk.1.15", "source": "כֻּלֹּה֙ בְּחַכָּ֣ה הֵֽעֲלָ֔ה יְגֹרֵ֣הוּ בְחֶרְמ֔וֹ וְיַאַסְפֵ֖הוּ בְּמִכְמַרְתּ֑וֹ עַל־כֵּ֖ן יִשְׂמַ֥ח וְיָגִֽיל׃", "text": "All-of-it with-*ḥakkāh* *hēʿălāh* *yəḡōrēhû* in-*ḥermô* and-*yaʾasp̄ēhû* in-*miḵmarttô* therefore *yiśmaḥ* and-*yāḡîl*", "grammar": { "*kullōh*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - all of it", "*bəḥakkāh*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - with hook", "*hēʿălāh*": "verb, Hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he brings up", "*yəḡōrēhû*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he drags him", "*bəḥermô*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his net", "*wə-yaʾasp̄ēhû*": "conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and gathers him", "*bəmiḵmarttô*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his dragnet", "*ʿal-kēn*": "preposition + adverb - therefore", "*yiśmaḥ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he rejoices", "*wə-yāḡîl*": "conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and exults" }, "variants": { "*ḥakkāh*": "hook/fishhook", "*hēʿălāh*": "brings up/takes up/draws up", "*yəḡōrēhû*": "drags him/catches him/sweeps him", "*ḥermô*": "his net/his fishing net", "*yaʾasp̄ēhû*": "gathers him/collects him/assembles him", "*miḵmarttô*": "his dragnet/his fishing net/his trawl", "*yiśmaḥ*": "rejoices/is glad/is happy", "*yāḡîl*": "exults/is glad/rejoices greatly" } }

Verse 16

{ "verseID": "Habakkuk.1.16", "source": "עַל־כֵּן֙ יְזַבֵּ֣חַ לְחֶרְמ֔וֹ וִֽיקַטֵּ֖ר לְמִכְמַרְתּ֑וֹ כִּ֤י בָהֵ֙מָּה֙ שָׁמֵ֣ן חֶלְק֔וֹ וּמַאֲכָל֖וֹ בְּרִאָֽה׃", "text": "Therefore *yəzabbēaḥ* to-*ḥermô* and-*wîqaṭṭēr* to-*miḵmarttô* because by-them *šāmēn* *ḥelqô* and-*maʾăḵālô* *bərîʾāh*", "grammar": { "*ʿal-kēn*": "preposition + adverb - therefore", "*yəzabbēaḥ*": "verb, Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he sacrifices", "*ləḥermô*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to his net", "*wîqaṭṭēr*": "conjunction + verb, Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and burns incense", "*ləmiḵmarttô*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to his dragnet", "*kî*": "conjunction - because/for", "*ḇāhēmmāh*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - by them", "*šāmēn*": "adjective, masculine singular - fat/rich", "*ḥelqô*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his portion", "*û-maʾăḵālô*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his food", "*bərîʾāh*": "adjective, feminine singular - plenteous/rich" }, "variants": { "*yəzabbēaḥ*": "sacrifices/offers sacrifice/slaughters", "*ḥermô*": "his net/his fishing net", "*wîqaṭṭēr*": "burns incense/makes offerings/burns sacrifices", "*miḵmarttô*": "his dragnet/his fishing net/his trawl", "*šāmēn*": "fat/rich/abundant", "*ḥelqô*": "his portion/his share/his lot", "*maʾăḵālô*": "his food/his meat/his provision", "*bərîʾāh*": "plenteous/rich/sumptuous/fat" } }