Nahum 3:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The noise of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of wheels, and prancing horses, and bounding chariots,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

קוֹל שׁוֹט וְקוֹל רַעַשׁ אוֹפָן וְסוּס דֹּהֵר וּמֶרְכָּבָה מְרַקֵּדָה׃

Transliteration

qôl šôṭ wĕ-qôl raʿaš ʾôp̄ān wĕ-sûs dōhēr û-merkābāh mĕraqqēdāh

Grammar Details

*qôl*: noun, masculine, singular construct - sound of
*šôṭ*: noun, masculine, singular - whip
*wĕ-qôl*: conjunction + noun, masculine, singular construct - and sound of
*raʿaš*: noun, masculine, singular construct - rattling/quaking of
*ʾôp̄ān*: noun, masculine, singular - wheel
*wĕ-sûs*: conjunction + noun, masculine, singular - and horse
*dōhēr*: verb, Qal participle, masculine singular - galloping
*û-merkābāh*: conjunction + noun, feminine, singular - and chariot
*mĕraqqēdāh*: verb, Piel participle, feminine singular - bounding/jolting/leaping

Word Meanings

*šôṭ*: whip/scourge
*raʿaš*: rattling/shaking/quaking/rumbling
*ʾôp̄ān*: wheel/chariot wheel
*dōhēr*: galloping/charging/racing
*mĕraqqēdāh*: bounding/jolting/leaping/dancing/jumping

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 47:3 : 3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers look not back to their children for feebleness of hands;
Nah 2:3-4 : 3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress [spears] are brandished. 4 The chariots rage in the streets; they rush to and fro in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches; they run like the lightnings.
Judg 5:22 : 22 Then did the horsehoofs stamp By reason of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones.
Job 39:22-25 : 22 He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither turneth he back from the sword. 23 The quiver rattleth against him, The flashing spear and the javelin. 24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet. 25 As oft as the trumpet [soundeth] he saith, Aha! {H1889} And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Isa 9:5 : 5 For all the armor of the armed man in the tumult, and the garments rolled in blood, shall be for burning, for fuel of fire.

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