Habakkuk 3:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Was Jehovah displeased with the rivers? Was thine anger against the rivers, Or thy wrath against the sea, That thou didst ride upon thy horses, Upon thy chariots of salvation?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲבִנְהָרִים֙ חָרָ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה אִ֤ם בַּנְּהָרִים֙ אַפֶּ֔ךָ אִם־בַּיָּ֖ם עֶבְרָתֶ֑ךָ כִּ֤י תִרְכַּב֙ עַל־סוּסֶ֔יךָ מַרְכְּבֹתֶ֖יךָ יְשׁוּעָֽה׃

Transliteration

?Against nǝhārîm was-angry YHWH, if against nǝhārîm was ʾappeḵā, if against the yām was ʿeḇrāṯeḵā, when ṯirkaḇ upon sûseḵā, markǝḇōṯeḵā yǝšûʿāh?

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*ʾappeḵā*: your anger/your wrath/your nostril (metonymy for anger)
*ʿeḇrāṯeḵā*: your wrath/your fury/your overflowing anger
*yǝšûʿāh*: salvation/deliverance/victory

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Referenced Verses

Ps 68:17 : 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them, [as in] Sinai, in the sanctuary.
Ps 18:10 : 10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind.
Ps 114:5 : 5 What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? Thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?
Isa 19:1 : 1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, Jehovah rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh unto Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
Isa 50:2 : 2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.
Hab 3:15 : 15 Thou didst tread the sea with thy horses, The heap of mighty waters.
Ps 104:3 : 3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; Who maketh the clouds his chariot; Who walketh upon the wings of the wind;
Ps 114:3 : 3 The sea saw it, and fled; The Jordan was driven back.
Deut 33:26-27 : 26 There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, Who rideth upon the heavens for thy help, And in his excellency on the skies. 27 The eternal God is [thy] dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy from before thee, And said, Destroy.
Ps 68:4 : 4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: Cast up a highway for him that rideth through the deserts; His name is Jehovah; and exult ye before him.
Josh 3:16-17 : 16 that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. 17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan; and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation were passed clean over the Jordan.
Exod 7:20 : 20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as Jehovah commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.
Exod 14:21-22 : 21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Ps 45:4 : 4 And in thy majesty ride on prosperously, Because of truth and meekness [and] righteousness: And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
Mark 4:39 : 39 And he awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
Rev 6:2 : 2 And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon {G846} had a bow; and there was given unto him a crown: and he came forth conquering, and to conquer.
Rev 16:12 : 12 And the sixth {G32} poured out his bowl upon the great river, the [river] Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way might by made ready for the kings that [come] from the {G2246} sunrising.
Rev 19:11 : 11 And I saw the heaven opened; and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon {G846} called Faithful and True; and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
Rev 19:14 : 14 And the armies which are in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white [and] pure.
Nah 1:4 : 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

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