Habakkuk 1:4
{ "verseID": "Habakkuk.1.4", "source": "עַל־כֵּן֙ תָּפ֣וּג תּוֹרָ֔ה וְלֹֽא־יֵצֵ֥א לָנֶ֖צַח מִשְׁפָּ֑ט כִּ֤י רָשָׁע֙ מַכְתִּ֣יר אֶת־הַצַּדִּ֔יק עַל־כֵּ֛ן יֵצֵ֥א מִשְׁפָּ֖ט מְעֻקָּֽל׃", "text": "Therefore *tāp̄ûḡ* *tôrāh* and-not-*yēṣēʾ* to-*lāneṣaḥ* *mišpāṭ* because *rāšāʿ* *maḵtîr* *ʾeṯ*-the-*ṣaddîq* therefore *yēṣēʾ* *mišpāṭ* *məʿuqqāl*", "grammar": { "*ʿal-kēn*": "preposition + adverb - therefore/thus", "*tāp̄ûḡ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - grows numb/is slackened", "*tôrāh*": "noun, feminine singular - law/instruction", "*wə-lōʾ-yēṣēʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle + verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and not goes forth", "*lāneṣaḥ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - to victory/forever/perpetuity", "*mišpāṭ*": "noun, masculine singular - justice/judgment", "*kî*": "conjunction - because/for", "*rāšāʿ*": "adjective, masculine singular - wicked person", "*maḵtîr*": "verb, Hiphil participle, masculine singular - surrounds/encircles", "*ʾeṯ-haṣṣaddîq*": "direct object marker + definite article + noun, masculine singular - the righteous person", "*yēṣēʾ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - goes forth", "*məʿuqqāl*": "adjective, masculine singular, Pual participle - distorted/perverted" }, "variants": { "*tāp̄ûḡ*": "grows numb/is slackened/fails/becomes feeble", "*tôrāh*": "law/instruction/teaching", "*lāneṣaḥ*": "to victory/forever/perpetually/completely", "*mišpāṭ*": "justice/judgment/legal decision", "*rāšāʿ*": "wicked person/unrighteous one", "*maḵtîr*": "surrounds/encircles/hemms in", "*ṣaddîq*": "righteous person/just one", "*məʿuqqāl*": "distorted/perverted/twisted" } }