Nahum 1:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לִפְנֵ֤י זַעְמוֹ֙ מִ֣י יַֽעֲמ֔וֹד וּמִ֥י יָק֖וּם בַּחֲר֣וֹן אַפּ֑וֹ חֲמָתוֹ֙ נִתְּכָ֣ה כָאֵ֔שׁ וְהַצֻּרִ֖ים נִתְּצ֥וּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

Transliteration

Lipnê zaʿmô mî yaʿămôd û-mî yāqûm ba-ḥărôn ʾappô ḥămātô nittəkāh kā-ʾēš wə-haṣṣurîm nittəṣû mimmennû

Grammar Details

*Lipnê*: preposition + noun, construct - before/in the face of
*zaʿmô*: noun, masculine, singular + 3ms suffix - his indignation/fury
*mî*: interrogative pronoun - who
*yaʿămôd*: Qal imperfect, 3ms - he will stand
*û-mî*: conjunction + interrogative pronoun - and who
*yāqûm*: Qal imperfect, 3ms - he will rise/stand
*ba-ḥărôn*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular, construct - in the burning of
*ʾappô*: noun, masculine, singular + 3ms suffix - his anger/nose
*ḥămātô*: noun, feminine, singular + 3ms suffix - his wrath/fury
*nittəkāh*: Niphal perfect, 3fs - is poured out
*kā-ʾēš*: preposition + noun, feminine, singular - like fire
*wə-haṣṣurîm*: conjunction + article + noun, masculine, plural - and the rocks
*nittəṣû*: Niphal perfect, 3cp - are broken down/torn down
*mimmennû*: preposition + 3ms suffix - from him/by him

Word Meanings

*zaʿmô*: indignation/fury/rage
*yaʿămôd*: stand/endure/withstand
*yāqûm*: rise/stand/endure
*ḥărôn*: burning/heat/fierceness
*ʾappô*: his anger/nose/wrath
*ḥămātô*: his wrath/fury/heat
*nittəkāh*: is poured out/is melted
*haṣṣurîm*: the rocks/crags/strongholds
*nittəṣû*: are broken down/torn down/demolished

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Referenced Verses

Mal 3:2 : 2 But who can abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap:
Jer 10:10 : 10 But Jehovah is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.
Nah 1:2 : 2 Jehovah is a jealous God and avengeth; Jehovah avengeth and is full of wrath; Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies.
Rev 6:17 : 17 for the great day of their wrath is come; and who is able to stand?
Rev 16:1 : 1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, Go ye, and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God into the earth.
Rev 16:8 : 8 And the fourth {G32} poured out his bowl upon the sun; and it was given unto it to scorch men with fire.
Lam 2:4 : 4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy, he hath stood with his right hand as an adversary, And hath slain all that were pleasant to the eye: In the tent of the daughter of Zion he hath poured out his wrath like fire.
Lam 4:11 : 11 Jehovah hath accomplished his wrath, he hath poured out his fierce anger; And he hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath devoured the foundations thereof.
Ezek 30:16 : 16 And I will set a fire in Egypt: Sin shall be in great anguish, and No shall be broken up; and Memphis [shall have] adversaries in the day-time.
Deut 32:22-23 : 22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains. 23 I will heap evils upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them:
1 Kgs 19:11 : 11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before Jehovah. And, behold, Jehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before Jehovah; but Jehovah was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but Jehovah was not in the earthquake:
Ps 2:12 : 12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all they that take refuge in him.
Ps 76:7 : 7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared; And who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
Ps 90:11 : 11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger, And thy wrath according to the fear that is due unto thee?
Isa 10:16 : 16 Therefore will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory there shall be kindled a burning like the burning of fire.
Isa 27:4 : 4 Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march upon them, I would burn them together.

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