Habakkuk 1:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen press proudly on: yea, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְקַלּ֨וּ מִנְּמֵרִ֜ים סוּסָ֗יו וְחַדּוּ֙ מִזְּאֵ֣בֵי עֶ֔רֶב וּפָ֖שׁוּ פָּֽרָשָׁ֑יו וּפָֽרָשָׁיו֙ מֵרָח֣וֹק יָבֹ֔אוּ יָעֻ֕פוּ כְּנֶ֖שֶׁר חָ֥שׁ לֶאֱכֽוֹל׃

Transliteration

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 Details

*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

Word Meanings

*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

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Referenced Verses

Jer 4:13 : 13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots [shall be] as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are ruined.
Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow.
Ezek 17:3 : 3 and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers, which had divers colors, came unto Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:
Jer 5:6 : 6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, [and] their backslidings are increased.
Deut 28:49 : 49 Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
Hos 8:1 : 1 [Set] the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle [he cometh] against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
Isa 5:26-28 : 26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss for them from the end of the earth; and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly. 27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: 28 whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses' hoofs shall be accounted as flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind:
Lam 4:19 : 19 Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens: They chased us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
Ezek 17:12 : 12 Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and brought them to him to Babylon:
Matt 24:28 : 28 Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
Luke 17:37 : 37 And they answering say unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Where the body [is], thither will the eagles also be gathered together.

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