Habakkuk 3:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And [his] brightness was as the light; He had rays [coming forth] from his hand; And there was the hiding of his power.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנֹ֙גַהּ֙ כָּא֣וֹר תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה קַרְנַ֥יִם מִיָּד֖וֹ ל֑וֹ וְשָׁ֖ם חֶבְי֥וֹן עֻזֹּֽה׃

Transliteration

And nōḡah like ʾôr it-will-be, qarnayim from yāḏô to him, and there ḥeḇyôn ʿuzzōh.

Grammar Details

*nōḡah*: noun feminine singular with conjunction *wə-* - brightness/radiance
*ʾôr*: noun masculine singular with preposition *kə-* - like light
*tihyeh*: qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - it will be
*qarnayim*: noun feminine dual - two horns/rays/beams
*yāḏô*: noun feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix and preposition *min* - from his hand
*lô*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to/for him
*šām*: adverb - there
*ḥeḇyôn*: noun masculine singular construct - hiding place/covering
*ʿuzzōh*: noun masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his strength/power

Word Meanings

*nōḡah*: brightness/radiance/shining
*qarnayim*: horns/rays/beams of light (symbolizing power)
*ḥeḇyôn ʿuzzōh*: hiding place of his power/veiling of his strength/concealment of his might

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Referenced Verses

Job 26:14 : 14 Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways: And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
Ps 104:2 : 2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;
Prov 18:10 : 10 The name of Jehovah is a strong tower; The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Isa 60:19-20 : 19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but Jehovah will be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. 20 Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for Jehovah will be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Matt 17:2 : 2 and he was transfigured before them; and his face did shine as the sun, and his garments became white as the light.
1 Tim 6:16 : 16 who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom [be] honor and power eternal. Amen.
Exod 13:21 : 21 And Jehovah went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; that they might go by day and by night:
Exod 14:20 : 20 and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and the one came not near the other all the night.
Neh 9:12 : 12 Moreover in a pillar of cloud thou leddest them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
Rev 22:5 : 5 And there shall be night no more; and they need no light of lamp, neither light of sun; for the Lord God shall give them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
Rev 21:23 : 23 And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof [is] the Lamb.

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