Habakkuk 1:8
{ "verseID": "Habakkuk.1.8", "source": "וְקַלּ֨וּ מִנְּמֵרִ֜ים סוּסָ֗יו וְחַדּוּ֙ מִזְּאֵ֣בֵי עֶ֔רֶב וּפָ֖שׁוּ פָּֽרָשָׁ֑יו וּפָֽרָשָׁיו֙ מֵרָח֣וֹק יָבֹ֔אוּ יָעֻ֕פוּ כְּנֶ֖שֶׁר חָ֥שׁ לֶאֱכֽוֹל׃", "text": "And-*qallû* from-*nəmērîm* *sûsāyw* and-*ḥaddû* from-*zəʾēḇê ʿereḇ* and-*p̄āšû* *pārāšāyw* and-*p̄ārāšāyw* from-*mērāḥôq* *yāḇōʾû* *yāʿup̄û* like-*nešer* *ḥāš* to-*leʾĕḵôl*", "grammar": { "*wə-qallû*": "conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - and are swifter", "*minnəmērîm*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural - than leopards", "*sûsāyw*": "noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his horses", "*wə-ḥaddû*": "conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - and are fiercer", "*mizzəʾēḇê*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - than wolves of", "*ʿereḇ*": "noun, masculine singular - evening", "*û-p̄āšû*": "conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - and spread/leap", "*pārāšāyw*": "noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his horsemen", "*û-p̄ārāšāyw*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his horsemen", "*mērāḥôq*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from afar", "*yāḇōʾû*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they come", "*yāʿup̄û*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they fly", "*kənešer*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - like an eagle", "*ḥāš*": "verb, Qal participle, masculine singular - hastening", "*leʾĕḵôl*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to eat/devour" }, "variants": { "*qallû*": "are swifter/are faster/are lighter", "*nəmērîm*": "leopards/panthers", "*sûsāyw*": "his horses/his steeds", "*ḥaddû*": "are fiercer/are keener/are sharper", "*zəʾēḇê ʿereḇ*": "wolves of evening/evening wolves", "*p̄āšû*": "spread/leap/charge/dash about", "*pārāšāyw*": "his horsemen/his cavalry", "*mērāḥôq*": "from afar/from a distance", "*yāʿup̄û*": "they fly/they swoop", "*nešer*": "eagle/vulture", "*ḥāš*": "hastening/hurrying/swift" } }