Nahum 2:14

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Behold, I am against you, declares the LORD of Hosts. I will set your chariots on fire, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִנְנִ֣י אֵלַ֗יִךְ נְאֻם֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת וְהִבְעַרְתִּ֤י בֶֽעָשָׁן֙ רִכְבָּ֔הּ וּכְפִירַ֖יִךְ תֹּ֣אכַל חָ֑רֶב וְהִכְרַתִּ֤י מֵאֶ֙רֶץ֙ טַרְפֵּ֔ךְ וְלֹֽא־יִשָּׁמַ֥ע ע֖וֹד ק֥וֹל מַלְאָכֵֽכֵה׃

Transliteration

Hinənî to you, nəʾum YHWH ṣəbāʾôt, and I will wəhibʿartî in ʿāšān her rikbāh, and your kəpîrayik tōʾkal ḥāreb; and I will wəhikrattî from ʾereṣ your ṭarpēk, and not yiššāmaʿ again qôl your malʾākêkēh.

Grammar Details

• *Hinənî*: interjection with 1st person singular suffix - behold me/here I am
• *nəʾum*: noun, masculine singular construct - declaration/utterance of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *ṣəbāʾôt*: noun, masculine plural - hosts/armies
• *wəhibʿartî*: conjunction + verb, hiphil perfect, 1st person singular - and I will burn/consume
• *ʿāšān*: noun, masculine singular - smoke
• *rikbāh*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her chariots
• *kəpîrayik*: noun, masculine plural with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your young lions
• *tōʾkal*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it will consume/devour
• *ḥāreb*: noun, feminine singular - sword
• *wəhikrattî*: conjunction + verb, hiphil perfect, 1st person singular - and I will cut off
• *ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular - land/earth
• *ṭarpēk*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your prey/torn flesh
• *yiššāmaʿ*: verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will be heard
• *qôl*: noun, masculine singular construct - voice/sound of
• *malʾākêkēh*: noun, masculine plural with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your messengers

Word Meanings

• *Hinənî*: behold me/here I am/I am against you
• *nəʾum*: declaration/utterance/oracle
• *ṣəbāʾôt*: hosts/armies/of armies
• *wəhibʿartî*: I will burn/consume/destroy
• *ʿāšān*: smoke/cloud
• *kəpîrayik*: your young lions/warriors
• *tōʾkal*: will consume/devour/eat
• *wəhikrattî*: I will cut off/eliminate/destroy
• *ṭarpēk*: your prey/torn flesh/plunder
• *malʾākêkēh*: your messengers/ambassadors/emissaries

Other Translations

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  See, I am against you, says the Lord of armies, and I will have your war-carriages burned in the smoke, and your young lions will be food for the sword: you will no longer get your food by force on the earth, and the voice of your she-lions will be stopped for ever.