Nahum 3:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thy princes are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which encamp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִנְּזָרַיִךְ כָּאַרְבֶּה וְטַפְסְרַיִךְ כְּגוֹב גֹּבָי הַחוֹנִים בַּגְּדֵרוֹת בְּיוֹם קָרָה שֶׁמֶשׁ זָרְחָה וְנוֹדַד וְלֹא־נוֹדַע מְקוֹמוֹ אַיָּם׃

Transliteration

minnĕzārayik kā-ʾarbeh wĕ-ṭap̄sĕrayik kĕ-gôb gōbāy ha-ḥônîm bag-gĕdērôt bĕ-yôm qārāh šemeš zārĕḥāh wĕ-nôdad wĕ-lōʾ-nôdaʿ mĕqômô ʾayyām

Grammar Details

*minnĕzārayik*: noun, masculine, plural + 2nd feminine singular suffix - your crowned princes
*kā-ʾarbeh*: preposition + article + noun, masculine, singular - like the locust
*wĕ-ṭap̄sĕrayik*: conjunction + noun, masculine, plural + 2nd feminine singular suffix - and your officials
*kĕ-gôb*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular construct - like swarm of
*gōbāy*: noun, masculine, singular - locusts
*ha-ḥônîm*: article + verb, Qal participle, masculine plural - the camping/settling
*bag-gĕdērôt*: preposition + article + noun, feminine, plural - in the hedges/stone walls
*bĕ-yôm*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular construct - in day of
*qārāh*: noun, feminine, singular - cold
*šemeš*: noun, feminine, singular - sun
*zārĕḥāh*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - rises/shines
*wĕ-nôdad*: conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it flees
*wĕ-lōʾ-nôdaʿ*: conjunction + negative particle + verb, Niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and is not known
*mĕqômô*: noun, masculine, singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - its place
*ʾayyām*: interrogative adverb + 3rd masculine plural suffix - where are they

Word Meanings

*minnĕzārayik*: your princes/nobles/crowned ones
*ṭap̄sĕrayik*: your officials/marshals/commanders
*gôb gōbāy*: swarm of locusts/locust swarm
*ḥônîm*: camping/settling/encamping
*gĕdērôt*: hedges/walls/fences
*qārāh*: cold/cool weather
*zārĕḥāh*: rises/shines/comes forth
*nôdad*: flees/wanders away/departs
*nôdaʿ*: known/recognized/acknowledged
*ʾayyām*: where are they/where have they gone

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 51:27 : 27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz: appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough canker-worm.
Rev 9:7 : 7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared for war; and upon their heads as it were crowns like unto gold, and their faces were as men's faces.

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