Hab 2:5-9 : 5 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.2.5",
"source": "וְאַף֙ כִּֽי־הַיַּ֣יִן בּוֹגֵ֔ד גֶּ֥בֶר יָהִ֖יר וְלֹ֣א יִנְוֶ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֩ הִרְחִ֨יב כִּשְׁא֜וֹל נַפְשׁ֗וֹ וְה֤וּא כַמָּ֙וֶת֙ וְלֹ֣א יִשְׂבָּ֔ע וַיֶּאֱסֹ֤ף אֵלָיו֙ כָּל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם וַיִּקְבֹּ֥ץ אֵלָ֖יו כָּל־הָעַמִּֽים׃",
"text": "And moreover because *hayyayin bôgēd*, *geber yāhîr* and not *yinweh*, who *hirḥîb* like *šĕʾôl napšô*, and he like *mawet* and not *yiśbāʿ*, and *yeʾĕsōp* unto him all *haggôyim* and *yiqbōṣ* unto him all *hāʿammîm*.",
"grammar": {
"*hayyayin*": "noun, masculine, singular with definite article - the wine",
"*bôgēd*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - betraying/treacherous",
"*geber*": "noun, masculine, singular - man/strong man",
"*yāhîr*": "adjective, masculine, singular - proud/arrogant",
"*yinweh*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he dwells/rests/succeeds",
"*hirḥîb*": "verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he enlarges/expands",
"*šĕʾôl*": "noun, feminine, singular - sheol/grave/underworld",
"*napšô*": "noun, feminine, singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his soul/appetite",
"*mawet*": "noun, masculine, singular - death",
"*yiśbāʿ*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he is satisfied",
"*yeʾĕsōp*": "verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - he gathers",
"*haggôyim*": "noun, masculine, plural with definite article - the nations",
"*yiqbōṣ*": "verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - he collects",
"*hāʿammîm*": "noun, masculine, plural with definite article - the peoples"
},
"variants": {
"*bôgēd*": "treacherous/betraying/dealing treacherously",
"*yāhîr*": "proud/arrogant/presumptuous",
"*yinweh*": "dwells/rests/is satisfied/succeeds",
"*šĕʾôl*": "sheol/grave/underworld/place of the dead",
"*napšô*": "his appetite/desire/soul"
}
}
6 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.2.6",
"source": "הֲלוֹא־אֵ֣לֶּה כֻלָּ֗ם עָלָיו֙ מָשָׁ֣ל יִשָּׂ֔אוּ וּמְלִיצָ֖ה חִיד֣וֹת ל֑וֹ וְיֹאמַ֗ר ה֚וֹי הַמַּרְבֶּ֣ה לֹּא־ל֔וֹ עַד־מָתַ֕י וּמַכְבִּ֥יד עָלָ֖יו עַבְטִֽיט׃",
"text": "Will not these all of them against him *māšāl yiśśāʾû* and *mĕlîṣâ ḥîdôt* for him? And it will say, '*hôy hammarbe* not to him! Until when? And *makbîd* upon him *ʿabṭîṭ*.'",
"grammar": {
"*māšāl*": "noun, masculine, singular - proverb/taunt/parable",
"*yiśśāʾû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will lift up/take up",
"*mĕlîṣâ*": "noun, feminine, singular - mocking poem/satire",
"*ḥîdôt*": "noun, feminine, plural construct - riddles of",
"*hôy*": "interjection - woe/alas",
"*hammarbe*": "verb, hiphil participle, masculine singular with definite article - the one increasing",
"*makbîd*": "verb, hiphil participle, masculine singular - loading/making heavy",
"*ʿabṭîṭ*": "noun, masculine, singular - pledge/debt/thick clay"
},
"variants": {
"*māšāl*": "taunt/proverb/parable/riddle",
"*mĕlîṣâ*": "mocking poem/satire/taunting riddle",
"*ḥîdôt*": "riddles/enigmas/dark sayings",
"*makbîd*": "making heavy/loading/burdening",
"*ʿabṭîṭ*": "pledges/thick clay/debt"
}
}
7 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.2.7",
"source": "הֲל֣וֹא פֶ֗תַע יָק֙וּמוּ֙ נֹשְׁכֶ֔יךָ וְיִקְצ֖וּ מְזַעְזְעֶ֑יךָ וְהָיִ֥יתָ לִמְשִׁסּ֖וֹת לָֽמוֹ׃",
"text": "Will not *petaʿ yāqûmû nōšĕkeykā* and *yiqṣû mĕzaʿĕzeʿeykā* and you will be *limšissôt* to them?",
"grammar": {
"*petaʿ*": "adverb - suddenly",
"*yāqûmû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will arise",
"*nōšĕkeykā*": "verb, qal participle, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your biters/creditors",
"*yiqṣû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will awake",
"*mĕzaʿĕzeʿeykā*": "verb, piel participle, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your troublers/tormentors",
"*limšissôt*": "preposition + noun, feminine, plural - for plunder/booty"
},
"variants": {
"*nōšĕkeykā*": "your biters/creditors/those exacting interest from you",
"*mĕzaʿĕzeʿeykā*": "your troublers/those who shake you/tormentors",
"*limšissôt*": "for plunder/booty/spoil"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.2.8",
"source": "כִּֽי אַתָּ֤ה שַׁלּ֙וֹתָ֙ גּוֹיִ֣ם רַבִּ֔ים יְשָׁלּ֖וּךָ כָּל־יֶ֣תֶר עַמִּ֑ים מִדְּמֵ֤י אָדָם֙ וַחֲמַס־אֶ֔רֶץ קִרְיָ֖ה וְכָל־יֹ֥שְׁבֵי בָֽהּ׃ פ",
"text": "Because you *šallôtā gôyim rabbîm*, *yĕšāllûkā* all *yeter ʿammîm* from *dĕmēy ʾādām* and *ḥămas-ʾereṣ qiryâ* and all *yōšĕbēy* in her.",
"grammar": {
"*šallôtā*": "verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have plundered",
"*gôyim*": "noun, masculine, plural - nations",
"*rabbîm*": "adjective, masculine, plural - many",
"*yĕšāllûkā*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - they will plunder you",
"*yeter*": "noun, masculine, singular construct - remainder of",
"*ʿammîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - peoples",
"*dĕmēy*": "noun, masculine, plural construct - bloods of",
"*ʾādām*": "noun, masculine, singular - mankind/humanity",
"*ḥămas*": "noun, masculine, singular construct - violence of",
"*ʾereṣ*": "noun, feminine, singular - land/earth",
"*qiryâ*": "noun, feminine, singular - city",
"*yōšĕbēy*": "verb, qal participle, masculine plural construct - inhabitants of"
},
"variants": {
"*šallôtā*": "plundered/despoiled/robbed",
"*yeter*": "remainder/remnant/rest",
"*dĕmēy*": "bloods/bloodshed/bloodguilt",
"*ḥămas*": "violence/wrong/oppression",
"*qiryâ*": "city/town"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.2.9",
"source": "ה֗וֹי בֹּצֵ֛עַ בֶּ֥צַע רָ֖ע לְבֵית֑וֹ לָשׂ֤וּם בַּמָּרוֹם֙ קִנּ֔וֹ לְהִנָּצֵ֖ל מִכַּף־רָֽע׃",
"text": "*Hôy bōṣēaʿ beṣaʿ rāʿ* for his house, to *lāśûm bammārôm qinnô*, to *lĕhinnāṣēl* from *kap-rāʿ*.",
"grammar": {
"*hôy*": "interjection - woe/alas",
"*bōṣēaʿ*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - cutting off/gaining",
"*beṣaʿ*": "noun, masculine, singular - unjust gain/profit",
"*rāʿ*": "adjective, masculine, singular - evil/bad",
"*lāśûm*": "preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct - to put/place",
"*bammārôm*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular with definite article - in the height",
"*qinnô*": "noun, masculine, singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his nest",
"*lĕhinnāṣēl*": "preposition + verb, niphal infinitive construct - to be delivered",
"*kap*": "noun, feminine, singular construct - palm/power",
"*rāʿ*": "adjective, masculine, singular - evil/calamity"
},
"variants": {
"*bōṣēaʿ*": "cutting off/gaining/acquiring unjustly",
"*beṣaʿ*": "unjust gain/profit/dishonest profit",
"*bammārôm*": "in the height/on high/in a lofty place",
"*lĕhinnāṣēl*": "to be delivered/rescued/saved",
"*kap-rāʿ*": "power of evil/hand of calamity"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.2.10",
"source": "יָעַ֥צְתָּ בֹּ֖שֶׁת לְבֵיתֶ֑ךָ קְצוֹת־עַמִּ֥ים רַבִּ֖ים וְחוֹטֵ֥א נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃",
"text": "You *yāʿaṣtā bōšet* for your house, *qĕṣôt-ʿammîm rabbîm*, and *ḥôṭēʾ napšekā*.",
"grammar": {
"*yāʿaṣtā*": "verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have devised/planned",
"*bōšet*": "noun, feminine, singular - shame",
"*qĕṣôt*": "verb, qal infinitive construct - cutting off",
"*ʿammîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - peoples",
"*rabbîm*": "adjective, masculine, plural - many",
"*ḥôṭēʾ*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - sinning against",
"*napšekā*": "noun, feminine, singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your soul"
},
"variants": {
"*yāʿaṣtā*": "devised/planned/counseled",
"*bōšet*": "shame/disgrace/dishonor",
"*qĕṣôt*": "cutting off/destroying/ending",
"*ḥôṭēʾ napšekā*": "sinning against your soul/forfeiting your life"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.2.11",
"source": "כִּי־אֶ֖בֶן מִקִּ֣יר תִּזְעָ֑ק וְכָפִ֖יס מֵעֵ֥ץ יַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃ פ",
"text": "For *ʾeben miqqîr tizʿāq*, and *kāpîs mēʿēṣ yaʿănennâ*.",
"grammar": {
"*ʾeben*": "noun, feminine, singular - stone",
"*miqqîr*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular - from wall",
"*tizʿāq*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it will cry out",
"*kāpîs*": "noun, masculine, singular - beam/rafter",
"*mēʿēṣ*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular - from wood",
"*yaʿănennâ*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - it will answer it"
},
"variants": {
"*kāpîs*": "beam/rafter/crossbeam/fastener",
"*tizʿāq*": "will cry out/will shriek/will call"
}
}
12 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.2.12",
"source": "ה֛וֹי בֹּנֶ֥ה עִ֖יר בְּדָמִ֑ים וְכוֹנֵ֥ן קִרְיָ֖ה בְּעַוְלָֽה׃",
"text": "*Hôy bōneh ʿîr bĕdāmîm* and *kônēn qiryâ bĕʿawlâ*.",
"grammar": {
"*hôy*": "interjection - woe/alas",
"*bōneh*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - building",
"*ʿîr*": "noun, feminine, singular - city",
"*bĕdāmîm*": "preposition + noun, masculine, plural - with bloods",
"*kônēn*": "verb, polel participle, masculine singular - establishing",
"*qiryâ*": "noun, feminine, singular - town",
"*bĕʿawlâ*": "preposition + noun, feminine, singular - with iniquity"
},
"variants": {
"*bĕdāmîm*": "with bloods/bloodshed/bloodguilt",
"*kônēn*": "establishing/founding/setting up",
"*bĕʿawlâ*": "with iniquity/injustice/wrongdoing"
}
}
13 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.2.13",
"source": "הֲל֣וֹא הִנֵּ֔ה מֵאֵ֖ת יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת וְיִֽיגְע֤וּ עַמִּים֙ בְּדֵי־אֵ֔שׁ וּלְאֻמִּ֖ים בְּדֵי־רִ֥יק יִעָֽפוּ׃",
"text": "Behold, is it not from *ʾēt YHWH ṣĕbāʾôt* that *yîgĕʿû ʿammîm bĕdēy-ʾēš* and *lĕʾummîm bĕdēy-rîq yîʿāpû*?",
"grammar": {
"*ʾēt*": "preposition - from",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - the LORD",
"*ṣĕbāʾôt*": "noun, feminine, plural - hosts/armies",
"*yîgĕʿû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they labor",
"*ʿammîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - peoples",
"*bĕdēy*": "preposition + noun, masculine, plural construct - for enough of",
"*ʾēš*": "noun, feminine, singular - fire",
"*lĕʾummîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - nations",
"*bĕdēy*": "preposition + noun, masculine, plural construct - for enough of",
"*rîq*": "noun, masculine, singular - emptiness",
"*yîʿāpû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they grow weary"
},
"variants": {
"*ṣĕbāʾôt*": "hosts/armies/of hosts",
"*yîgĕʿû*": "labor/toil/grow weary",
"*bĕdēy-ʾēš*": "for fire/for what will be burned/for enough fire",
"*bĕdēy-rîq*": "for emptiness/for nothing/in vain",
"*yîʿāpû*": "grow weary/exhaust themselves/become tired"
}
}