Habakkuk 1:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַד־אָ֧נָה יְהוָ֛ה שִׁוַּ֖עְתִּי וְלֹ֣א תִשְׁמָ֑ע אֶזְעַ֥ק אֵלֶ֛יךָ חָמָ֖ס וְלֹ֥א תוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃

Transliteration

Until-when YHWH šiwwaʿtî and-not tišmāʿ? ʾezʿaq to-you ḥāmās and-not tôšîaʿ

Grammar Details

*ʿad-ʾānāh*: preposition + interrogative adverb - until when/how long
*YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
*šiwwaʿtî*: verb, Piel perfect, 1st person singular - I have cried out
*wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*tišmāʿ*: verb, Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you hear/listen
*ʾezʿaq*: verb, Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I cry out
*ʾēleḵā*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you
*ḥāmās*: noun, masculine singular - violence/wrong
*tôšîaʿ*: verb, Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you save/deliver

Word Meanings

*šiwwaʿtî*: I cry for help/I call out in distress
*ḥāmās*: violence/oppression/wrong/injustice

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 14:9 : 9 Why shouldest thou be as a man affrighted, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Jehovah, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
Lam 3:8 : 8 Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.
Ps 13:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
Ps 22:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [Why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my groaning? 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.
Ps 74:9-9 : 9 We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. 10 How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
Ps 94:3 : 3 Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph?
Rev 6:10 : 10 and they cried with a great voice, saying, How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

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