1{
"verseID": "Habakkuk.1.1",
"source": "הַמַּשָׂא֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָזָ֔ה חֲבַקּ֖וּק הַנָּבִֽיא׃",
"text": "The *maśśāʾ* which *ḥāzāh* *Ḥăbaqqûq* the *nābîʾ*",
"grammar": {
"*maśśāʾ*": "noun, masculine, singular with definite article - burden/oracle/utterance",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that",
"*ḥāzāh*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - saw/perceived/envisioned",
"*Ḥăbaqqûq*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Habakkuk",
"*nābîʾ*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - prophet"
},
"variants": {
"*maśśāʾ*": "burden/oracle/prophetic utterance/pronouncement",
"*ḥāzāh*": "saw/envisioned/perceived/received in vision"
}
}
2{
"verseID": "Habakkuk.1.2",
"source": "עַד־אָ֧נָה יְהוָ֛ה שִׁוַּ֖עְתִּי וְלֹ֣א תִשְׁמָ֑ע אֶזְעַ֥ק אֵלֶ֛יךָ חָמָ֖ס וְלֹ֥א תוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃",
"text": "Until-when *YHWH* *šiwwaʿtî* and-not *tišmāʿ*? *ʾezʿaq* to-you *ḥāmās* and-not *tôšîaʿ*",
"grammar": {
"*ʿad-ʾānāh*": "preposition + interrogative adverb - until when/how long",
"*YHWH*": "divine name - Yahweh/LORD",
"*šiwwaʿtî*": "verb, Piel perfect, 1st person singular - I have cried out",
"*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not",
"*tišmāʿ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you hear/listen",
"*ʾezʿaq*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I cry out",
"*ʾēleḵā*": "preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you",
"*ḥāmās*": "noun, masculine singular - violence/wrong",
"*tôšîaʿ*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you save/deliver"
},
"variants": {
"*šiwwaʿtî*": "I cry for help/I call out in distress",
"*ḥāmās*": "violence/oppression/wrong/injustice"
}
}
3{
"verseID": "Habakkuk.1.3",
"source": "לָ֣מָּה תַרְאֵ֤נִי אָ֙וֶן֙ וְעָמָ֣ל תַּבִּ֔יט וְשֹׁ֥ד וְחָמָ֖ס לְנֶגְדִּ֑י וַיְהִ֧י רִ֦יב וּמָד֖וֹן יִשָּֽׂא׃",
"text": "Why *tarʾēnî* *ʾāwen* and-*ʿāmāl* *tabbîṭ* and-*šōd* and-*ḥāmās* before-me? *wa-yəhî* *rîḇ* and-*mādôn* *yiśśāʾ*",
"grammar": {
"*lāmmāh*": "interrogative adverb - why",
"*tarʾēnî*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - you cause me to see",
"*ʾāwen*": "noun, masculine singular - iniquity/wickedness",
"*wə-ʿāmāl*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and toil/misery/trouble",
"*tabbîṭ*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you look/gaze",
"*wə-šōd*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and destruction/violence",
"*wə-ḥāmās*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and violence",
"*lə-negdî*": "preposition + preposition with 1st person singular suffix - before me",
"*wa-yəhî*": "conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and there is",
"*rîḇ*": "noun, masculine singular - strife/dispute",
"*û-mādôn*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and contention",
"*yiśśāʾ*": "verb, Niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is lifted up/arises"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾāwen*": "iniquity/wickedness/trouble/sorrow",
"*ʿāmāl*": "toil/misery/trouble/mischief",
"*šōd*": "destruction/violence/devastation",
"*ḥāmās*": "violence/wrong/injustice",
"*rîḇ*": "strife/dispute/controversy/legal case",
"*mādôn*": "contention/strife/discord"
}
}