Verse 2

{ "verseID": "Habakkuk.3.2", "source": "יְהוָ֗ה שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי שִׁמְעֲךָ֮ יָרֵאתִי֒ יְהוָ֗ה פָּֽעָלְךָ֙ בְּקֶ֤רֶב שָׁנִים֙ חַיֵּ֔יהוּ בְּקֶ֥רֶב שָׁנִ֖ים תּוֹדִ֑יעַ בְּרֹ֖גֶז רַחֵ֥ם תִּזְכּֽוֹר׃", "text": "*YHWH*, *šāmaʿtî šimʿăḵā*, *yārēʾṯî*. *YHWH*, *pāʿolḵā* in *qereḇ šānîm* *ḥayyēhû*, in *qereḇ šānîm tôḏîaʿ*; in *rōḡez raḥēm tizḵôr*", "grammar": { "*YHWH*": "divine name", "*šāmaʿtî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I have heard", "*šimʿăḵā*": "noun masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your report/fame", "*yārēʾṯî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I feared/was afraid", "*pāʿolḵā*": "noun masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your work/deed", "*qereḇ šānîm*": "construct phrase - midst of years", "*ḥayyēhû*": "piel imperative with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - revive/preserve it", "*tôḏîaʿ*": "hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will make known", "*rōḡez*": "noun masculine singular with preposition - in wrath/anger", "*raḥēm*": "piel infinitive absolute - to have mercy/compassion", "*tizḵôr*": "qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will remember" }, "variants": { "*qereḇ šānîm*": "midst of years/within the years/during our lifetime", "*ḥayyēhû*": "revive it/preserve it alive/renew it", "*raḥēm*": "have mercy/show compassion" } }

Verse 6

{ "verseID": "Habakkuk.3.6", "source": "עָמַ֣ד ׀ וַיְמֹ֣דֶד אֶ֗רֶץ רָאָה֙ וַיַּתֵּ֣ר גּוֹיִ֔ם וַיִּתְפֹּֽצְצוּ֙ הַרְרֵי־עַ֔ד שַׁח֖וּ גִּבְע֣וֹת עוֹלָ֑ם הֲלִיכ֥וֹת עוֹלָ֖ם לֽוֹ׃", "text": "He *ʿāmaḏ* and *wayǝmōḏeḏ* *ʾereṣ*; he *rāʾāh* and *wayyattēr* *gôyim*, and *wayyiṯpōṣǝṣû* *harǝrê-ʿaḏ*, *šaḥû* *ḡiḇʿôṯ ʿôlām*. *Hălîḵôṯ ʿôlām* to him.", "grammar": { "*ʿāmaḏ*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - stood/took his stand", "*wayǝmōḏeḏ*": "piel imperfect consecutive 3rd person masculine singular - and measured/surveyed", "*ʾereṣ*": "noun feminine singular - earth/land", "*rāʾāh*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - saw/looked", "*wayyattēr*": "hiphil imperfect consecutive 3rd person masculine singular - and startled/scattered/drove asunder", "*gôyim*": "noun masculine plural - nations/peoples", "*wayyiṯpōṣǝṣû*": "hithpael imperfect consecutive 3rd person plural - and shattered themselves/were scattered", "*harǝrê-ʿaḏ*": "noun masculine plural construct with noun - everlasting mountains/ancient mountains", "*šaḥû*": "qal perfect 3rd person plural - bowed down/sank down", "*ḡiḇʿôṯ ʿôlām*": "noun feminine plural construct with noun - eternal hills/ancient hills", "*hălîḵôṯ ʿôlām*": "noun feminine plural construct with noun - eternal ways/ancient paths", "*lô*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to/for him" }, "variants": { "*wayyattēr*": "drove asunder/scattered/shook/startled", "*harǝrê-ʿaḏ*": "everlasting mountains/ancient mountains/primeval mountains", "*hălîḵôṯ ʿôlām*": "eternal ways/ancient paths/everlasting goings" } }

Verse 8

{ "verseID": "Habakkuk.3.8", "source": "הֲבִנְהָרִים֙ חָרָ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה אִ֤ם בַּנְּהָרִים֙ אַפֶּ֔ךָ אִם־בַּיָּ֖ם עֶבְרָתֶ֑ךָ כִּ֤י תִרְכַּב֙ עַל־סוּסֶ֔יךָ מַרְכְּבֹתֶ֖יךָ יְשׁוּעָֽה׃", "text": "?Against *nǝhārîm* was-angry *YHWH*, if against *nǝhārîm* was *ʾappeḵā*, if against the *yām* was *ʿeḇrāṯeḵā*, when *ṯirkaḇ* upon *sûseḵā*, *markǝḇōṯeḵā* *yǝšûʿāh*?", "grammar": { "*hă*": "interrogative particle - whether/is it that", "*ḇinǝhārîm*": "preposition *bə* with noun masculine plural - against rivers", "*ḥārāh*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - burned with anger/was angry", "*YHWH*": "divine name", "*ʾim*": "conjunction - if/or", "*ʾappeḵā*": "noun masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your anger/nose", "*bayyām*": "preposition *bə* with definite article and noun masculine singular - against the sea", "*ʿeḇrāṯeḵā*": "noun feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your wrath/fury", "*kî*": "conjunction - that/when/because", "*ṯirkaḇ*": "qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you ride/mounted", "*ʿal-sûseḵā*": "preposition with noun masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - upon your horses", "*markǝḇōṯeḵā*": "noun feminine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your chariots", "*yǝšûʿāh*": "noun feminine singular - salvation/deliverance/victory" }, "variants": { "*ʾappeḵā*": "your anger/your wrath/your nostril (metonymy for anger)", "*ʿeḇrāṯeḵā*": "your wrath/your fury/your overflowing anger", "*yǝšûʿāh*": "salvation/deliverance/victory" } }

Verse 10

{ "verseID": "Habakkuk.3.10", "source": "רָא֤וּךָ יָחִ֙ילוּ֙ הָרִ֔ים זֶ֥רֶם מַ֖יִם עָבָ֑ר נָתַ֤ן תְּהוֹם֙ קוֹל֔וֹ ר֖וֹם יָדֵ֥יהוּ נָשָֽׂא׃", "text": "They-saw-you, they-writhed, *hārîm*; *zerem mayim* passed-over. *Tǝhôm* gave *qôlô*, *rôm yāḏêhû* lifted-up.", "grammar": { "*rāʾûḵā*": "qal perfect 3rd person plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - they saw you", "*yāḥîlû*": "qal imperfect 3rd person plural - they writhed/trembled", "*hārîm*": "noun masculine plural - mountains", "*zerem*": "noun masculine singular construct - downpour/flood of", "*mayim*": "noun masculine plural - waters", "*ʿāḇār*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - passed over/swept by", "*nāṯan*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - gave/uttered", "*tǝhôm*": "noun masculine singular - deep/abyss/ocean depths", "*qôlô*": "noun masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its voice", "*rôm*": "noun masculine singular construct - height/loftiness of", "*yāḏêhû*": "noun feminine dual with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its hands", "*nāśāʾ*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - lifted up/raised" }, "variants": { "*yāḥîlû*": "writhed/trembled/were in anguish", "*tǝhôm*": "deep/abyss/primeval ocean", "*rôm yāḏêhû nāśāʾ*": "lifted high its hands/raised its hands on high (personification of waters)" } }

Verse 13

{ "verseID": "Habakkuk.3.13", "source": "יָצָ֙אתָ֙ לְיֵ֣שַׁע עַמֶּ֔ךָ לְיֵ֖שַׁע אֶת־מְשִׁיחֶ֑ךָ מָחַ֤צְתָּ רֹּאשׁ֙ מִבֵּ֣ית רָשָׁ֔ע עָר֛וֹת יְס֥וֹד עַד־צַוָּ֖אר סֶֽלָה׃", "text": "You-went-forth for *yēšaʿ* of *ʿammeḵā*, for *yēšaʿ* of *mǝšîḥeḵā*. You-smashed *rōʾš* from *bêṯ rāšāʿ*, laying-bare *yǝsôḏ* unto *ṣawwāʾr*. *Selāh*.", "grammar": { "*yāṣāʾṯā*": "qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you went forth", "*lǝyēšaʿ*": "preposition *lə* with noun masculine singular construct - for salvation/deliverance of", "*ʿammeḵā*": "noun masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your people", "*ʾeṯ-mǝšîḥeḵā*": "direct object marker with noun masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your anointed one", "*māḥaṣtā*": "qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you smashed/crushed/struck", "*rōʾš*": "noun masculine singular construct - head of", "*mibbêṯ*": "preposition *min* with noun masculine singular construct - from house of", "*rāšāʿ*": "adjective masculine singular - wicked/evil one", "*ʿārôṯ*": "infinitive absolute - laying bare", "*yǝsôḏ*": "noun masculine singular construct - foundation of", "*ʿaḏ-ṣawwāʾr*": "preposition with noun masculine singular - up to neck", "*Selāh*": "musical notation or pause" }, "variants": { "*yēšaʿ*": "salvation/deliverance/help", "*mǝšîḥeḵā*": "your anointed one/your messiah/your appointed one", "*ʿārôṯ yǝsôḏ ʿaḏ-ṣawwāʾr*": "laying bare foundation to the neck/exposing foundation up to the neck" } }

Verse 14

{ "verseID": "Habakkuk.3.14", "source": "נָקַ֤בְתָּ בְמַטָּיו֙ רֹ֣אשׁ *פרזו **פְּרָזָ֔יו יִסְעֲר֖וּ לַהֲפִיצֵ֑נִי עֲלִ֣יצֻתָ֔ם כְּמוֹ־לֶאֱכֹ֥ל עָנִ֖י בַּמִּסְתָּֽר׃", "text": "You-pierced with *maṭṭāyw* *rōʾš* of his *pǝrāzāyw*. They-stormed to *hăp̄îṣēnî*; their *ʿălîṣuṯām* as to devour *ʿānî* in *hammistar*.", "grammar": { "*nāqaḇtā*": "qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you pierced/struck through", "*ḇǝmaṭṭāyw*": "preposition *bə* with noun masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - with his own rods/staves", "*rōʾš*": "noun masculine singular construct - head of", "*pǝrāzāyw*": "noun masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his warriors/rural fighters", "*yisʿărû*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they storm/rush", "*lahăp̄îṣēnî*": "preposition *lə* with hiphil infinitive construct with 1st person singular suffix - to scatter me", "*ʿălîṣuṯām*": "noun feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their exultation/rejoicing", "*kǝmô-leʾĕḵōl*": "preposition *kə* with preposition *lə* and qal infinitive construct - as to devour", "*ʿānî*": "adjective masculine singular - poor/afflicted person", "*bammistar*": "preposition *bə* with definite article and noun masculine singular - in the hiding place/secretly" }, "variants": { "*pǝrāzāyw*": "his warriors/his villagers/his rural fighters", "*yisʿărû*": "they rush/they storm/they whirl about", "*ʿălîṣuṯām*": "their exultation/their rejoicing/their gloating" } }

Verse 16

{ "verseID": "Habakkuk.3.16", "source": "שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי ׀ וַתִּרְגַּ֣ז בִּטְנִ֗י לְקוֹל֙ צָלֲל֣וּ שְׂפָתַ֔י יָב֥וֹא רָקָ֛ב בַּעֲצָמַ֖י וְתַחְתַּ֣י אֶרְגָּ֑ז אֲשֶׁ֤ר אָנ֙וּחַ֙ לְי֣וֹם צָרָ֔ה לַעֲל֖וֹת לְעַ֥ם יְגוּדֶֽנּוּ׃", "text": "I-heard and *tirǝgaz* *biṭnî*, at *qôl* quivered *śǝp̄āṯay*, *yāḇôʾ rāqāḇ* into *baʿăṣāmay* and in my place I-trembled, that I-wait for *yôm ṣārāh* to-come-up to *ʿam yǝḡûḏennû*.", "grammar": { "*šāmaʿtî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I heard", "*wattirǝgaz*": "qal imperfect consecutive 3rd person feminine singular - and trembled", "*biṭnî*": "noun feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my belly/inward parts", "*lǝqôl*": "preposition *lə* with noun masculine singular - at the sound", "*ṣālălû*": "qal perfect 3rd person plural - quivered/tingled", "*śǝp̄āṯay*": "noun feminine dual with 1st person singular suffix - my lips", "*yāḇôʾ*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - enters/comes", "*rāqāḇ*": "noun masculine singular - rottenness/decay", "*baʿăṣāmay*": "preposition *bə* with noun feminine plural with 1st person singular suffix - in my bones", "*wǝṯaḥtay*": "conjunction with preposition with 1st person singular suffix - and under me/in my place", "*ʾerǝgāz*": "qal imperfect 1st person singular - I tremble/shake", "*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - that/which", "*ʾānûaḥ*": "qal imperfect 1st person singular - I wait/rest", "*lǝyôm*": "preposition *lə* with noun masculine singular construct - for day of", "*ṣārāh*": "noun feminine singular - distress/trouble", "*laʿălôṯ*": "preposition *lə* with qal infinitive construct - to come up", "*lǝʿam*": "preposition *lə* with noun masculine singular - against people", "*yǝḡûḏennû*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he invades it/troops against us" }, "variants": { "*biṭnî*": "my belly/my inward parts/my bowels (seat of emotions)", "*rāqāḇ*": "rottenness/decay/worm", "*yǝḡûḏennû*": "invades us/troops against us/will attack us" } }

Verse 17

{ "verseID": "Habakkuk.3.17", "source": "כִּֽי־תְאֵנָ֣ה לֹֽא־תִפְרָ֗ח וְאֵ֤ין יְבוּל֙ בַּגְּפָנִ֔ים כִּחֵשׁ֙ מַעֲשֵׂה־זַ֔יִת וּשְׁדֵמ֖וֹת לֹא־עָ֣שָׂה אֹ֑כֶל גָּזַ֤ר מִמִּכְלָה֙ צֹ֔אן וְאֵ֥ין בָּקָ֖ר בָּרְפָתִֽים׃", "text": "For *tǝʾēnāh* not *ṯip̄rāḥ* and no *yǝḇûl* in the *gǝp̄ānîm*, fails *maʿăśēh-zayiṯ* and *šǝḏēmôṯ* not *ʿāśāh ʾōḵel*, cut-off from *mikǝlāh* *ṣōʾn* and no *bāqār* in the *rǝp̄āṯîm*.", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/though/although", "*tǝʾēnāh*": "noun feminine singular - fig tree", "*lōʾ-ṯip̄rāḥ*": "negative particle with qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - does not blossom", "*wǝʾên*": "conjunction with particle of non-existence - and there is no", "*yǝḇûl*": "noun masculine singular - produce/yield/fruit", "*baggǝp̄ānîm*": "preposition *bə* with definite article and noun masculine plural - in the vines", "*kiḥēš*": "piel perfect 3rd person masculine singular - fails/deceives", "*maʿăśēh-zayiṯ*": "noun masculine singular construct with noun - produce of olive", "*ûšǝḏēmôṯ*": "conjunction with noun feminine plural - and fields", "*lōʾ-ʿāśāh*": "negative particle with qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - does not yield", "*ʾōḵel*": "noun masculine singular - food", "*gāzar*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - is cut off", "*mimmikǝlāh*": "preposition *min* with noun feminine singular - from fold", "*ṣōʾn*": "noun feminine singular - flock/sheep", "*wǝʾên*": "conjunction with particle of non-existence - and there is no", "*bāqār*": "noun masculine singular - cattle/herd", "*bārǝp̄āṯîm*": "preposition *bə* with definite article and noun feminine plural - in the stalls" }, "variants": { "*kiḥēš maʿăśēh-zayiṯ*": "olive crop fails/olive harvest disappoints/labor of olive tree is in vain", "*gāzar mimmikǝlāh ṣōʾn*": "sheep are cut off from the fold/flock is cut off from the pen" } }

Verse 19

{ "verseID": "Habakkuk.3.19", "source": "יְהוִ֤הּ אֲדֹנָי֙ חֵילִ֔י וַיָּ֤שֶׂם רַגְלַי֙ כָּֽאַיָּל֔וֹת וְעַ֥ל בָּמוֹתַ֖י יַדְרִכֵ֑נִי לַמְנַצֵּ֖חַ בִּנְגִינוֹתָֽי׃", "text": "*YHWH ʾăḏōnāy* is my *ḥêlî*, and he makes my *raḡlay* like *ʾayyālôṯ*, and upon my *bāmôṯay* he makes me tread. For the *mǝnaṣṣēaḥ* with my *nǝḡînôṯāy*.", "grammar": { "*YHWH*": "divine name", "*ʾăḏōnāy*": "divine title - my Lord", "*ḥêlî*": "noun masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my strength", "*wayyāśem*": "qal imperfect consecutive 3rd person masculine singular - and he makes/sets", "*raḡlay*": "noun feminine dual with 1st person singular suffix - my feet", "*kāʾayyālôṯ*": "preposition *kə* with definite article and noun feminine plural - like deer/hinds", "*wǝʿal*": "conjunction with preposition - and upon", "*bāmôṯay*": "noun feminine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my high places", "*yaḏrîḵēnî*": "hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he causes me to tread/walk", "*lamǝnaṣṣēaḥ*": "preposition *lə* with piel participle masculine singular - for the choir director/musical director", "*binǝḡînôṯāy*": "preposition *bə* with noun feminine plural with 1st person singular suffix - with my stringed instruments" }, "variants": { "*ḥêlî*": "my strength/my power/my might", "*kāʾayyālôṯ*": "like deer/like hinds/like gazelles (symbols of surefootedness)", "*bāmôṯay*": "my high places/my heights/my elevated places (symbolizing victory and security)", "*lamǝnaṣṣēaḥ binǝḡînôṯāy*": "for the choir director with my stringed instruments/for the music leader with my stringed music" } }