Hab 3:1-9 : 1 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.3.1",
"source": "תְּפִלָּ֖ה לַחֲבַקּ֣וּק הַנָּבִ֑יא עַ֖ל שִׁגְיֹנֽוֹת׃",
"text": "*Təp̄illāh* for *Ḥăḇaqqûq* the *nāḇîʾ* upon *šiḡyōnôṯ*",
"grammar": {
"*Təp̄illāh*": "feminine singular construct - prayer/petition",
"*Ḥăḇaqqûq*": "proper noun with prefix *lə-* (to/for/of)",
"*nāḇîʾ*": "masculine singular noun with definite article *ha-* - prophet",
"*šiḡyōnôṯ*": "plural noun with preposition *ʿal* - musical term, possibly indicating style or tune"
},
"variants": {
"*Təp̄illāh*": "prayer/supplication/intercession",
"*šiḡyōnôṯ*": "dithyrambic poem/passionate song/musical directive of uncertain meaning"
}
}
2 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.3.2",
"source": "יְהוָ֗ה שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי שִׁמְעֲךָ֮ יָרֵאתִי֒ יְהוָ֗ה פָּֽעָלְךָ֙ בְּקֶ֤רֶב שָׁנִים֙ חַיֵּ֔יהוּ בְּקֶ֥רֶב שָׁנִ֖ים תּוֹדִ֑יעַ בְּרֹ֖גֶז רַחֵ֥ם תִּזְכּֽוֹר׃",
"text": "*YHWH*, *šāmaʿtî šimʿăḵā*, *yārēʾṯî*. *YHWH*, *pāʿolḵā* in *qereḇ šānîm* *ḥayyēhû*, in *qereḇ šānîm tôḏîaʿ*; in *rōḡez raḥēm tizḵôr*",
"grammar": {
"*YHWH*": "divine name",
"*šāmaʿtî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I have heard",
"*šimʿăḵā*": "noun masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your report/fame",
"*yārēʾṯî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I feared/was afraid",
"*pāʿolḵā*": "noun masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your work/deed",
"*qereḇ šānîm*": "construct phrase - midst of years",
"*ḥayyēhû*": "piel imperative with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - revive/preserve it",
"*tôḏîaʿ*": "hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will make known",
"*rōḡez*": "noun masculine singular with preposition - in wrath/anger",
"*raḥēm*": "piel infinitive absolute - to have mercy/compassion",
"*tizḵôr*": "qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will remember"
},
"variants": {
"*qereḇ šānîm*": "midst of years/within the years/during our lifetime",
"*ḥayyēhû*": "revive it/preserve it alive/renew it",
"*raḥēm*": "have mercy/show compassion"
}
}
3 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.3.3",
"source": "אֱל֙וֹהַ֙ מִתֵּימָ֣ן יָב֔וֹא וְקָד֥וֹשׁ מֵֽהַר־פָּארָ֖ן סֶ֑לָה כִּסָּ֤ה שָׁמַ֙יִם֙ הוֹד֔וֹ וּתְהִלָּת֖וֹ מָלְאָ֥ה הָאָֽרֶץ׃",
"text": "*ʾĕlôha* from *Tēmān yāḇôʾ*, and *qāḏôš* from *har-Pāʾrān*. *Selāh*. *Kissāh šāmayim hôḏô*, and *ṯəhillāṯô* filled *hāʾāreṣ*.",
"grammar": {
"*ʾĕlôha*": "noun masculine singular - God",
"*Tēmān*": "proper noun with preposition *min* - from Teman (south/Yemen)",
"*yāḇôʾ*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he comes/will come",
"*qāḏôš*": "adjective masculine singular - holy one",
"*har-Pāʾrān*": "proper noun with preposition *min* - from Mount Paran",
"*Selāh*": "musical notation or pause",
"*Kissāh*": "piel perfect 3rd person masculine singular - covered/covered completely",
"*šāmayim*": "noun masculine plural - heavens/sky",
"*hôḏô*": "noun masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his majesty/splendor",
"*ṯəhillāṯô*": "noun feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his praise/glory",
"*hāʾāreṣ*": "noun feminine singular with definite article - the earth/land"
},
"variants": {
"*Tēmān*": "southern region/Yemen/South",
"*hôḏô*": "his majesty/his splendor/his glory"
}
}
4 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.3.4",
"source": "וְנֹ֙גַהּ֙ כָּא֣וֹר תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה קַרְנַ֥יִם מִיָּד֖וֹ ל֑וֹ וְשָׁ֖ם חֶבְי֥וֹן עֻזֹּֽה׃",
"text": "And *nōḡah* like *ʾôr* it-will-be, *qarnayim* from *yāḏô* to him, and there *ḥeḇyôn ʿuzzōh*.",
"grammar": {
"*nōḡah*": "noun feminine singular with conjunction *wə-* - brightness/radiance",
"*ʾôr*": "noun masculine singular with preposition *kə-* - like light",
"*tihyeh*": "qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - it will be",
"*qarnayim*": "noun feminine dual - two horns/rays/beams",
"*yāḏô*": "noun feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix and preposition *min* - from his hand",
"*lô*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to/for him",
"*šām*": "adverb - there",
"*ḥeḇyôn*": "noun masculine singular construct - hiding place/covering",
"*ʿuzzōh*": "noun masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his strength/power"
},
"variants": {
"*nōḡah*": "brightness/radiance/shining",
"*qarnayim*": "horns/rays/beams of light (symbolizing power)",
"*ḥeḇyôn ʿuzzōh*": "hiding place of his power/veiling of his strength/concealment of his might"
}
}
5 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.3.5",
"source": "לְפָנָ֖יו יֵ֣לֶךְ דָּ֑בֶר וְיֵצֵ֥א רֶ֖שֶׁף לְרַגְלָֽיו׃",
"text": "Before him *yēleḵ dāḇer*, and *yēṣēʾ rešep̄* at his feet.",
"grammar": {
"*lǝp̄ānāyw*": "preposition *lə* with noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - before him/in front of him",
"*yēleḵ*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - goes/will go",
"*dāḇer*": "noun masculine singular - pestilence/plague",
"*yēṣēʾ*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with conjunction *wə-* - and goes forth/comes out",
"*rešep̄*": "noun masculine singular - flame/fiery bolt/burning disease",
"*lǝraḡlāyw*": "preposition *lə* with noun feminine dual construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - at his feet"
},
"variants": {
"*dāḇer*": "pestilence/plague/disease",
"*rešep̄*": "flame/fiery bolt/burning fever/burning disease"
}
}
6 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.3.6",
"source": "עָמַ֣ד ׀ וַיְמֹ֣דֶד אֶ֗רֶץ רָאָה֙ וַיַּתֵּ֣ר גּוֹיִ֔ם וַיִּתְפֹּֽצְצוּ֙ הַרְרֵי־עַ֔ד שַׁח֖וּ גִּבְע֣וֹת עוֹלָ֑ם הֲלִיכ֥וֹת עוֹלָ֖ם לֽוֹ׃",
"text": "He *ʿāmaḏ* and *wayǝmōḏeḏ* *ʾereṣ*; he *rāʾāh* and *wayyattēr* *gôyim*, and *wayyiṯpōṣǝṣû* *harǝrê-ʿaḏ*, *šaḥû* *ḡiḇʿôṯ ʿôlām*. *Hălîḵôṯ ʿôlām* to him.",
"grammar": {
"*ʿāmaḏ*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - stood/took his stand",
"*wayǝmōḏeḏ*": "piel imperfect consecutive 3rd person masculine singular - and measured/surveyed",
"*ʾereṣ*": "noun feminine singular - earth/land",
"*rāʾāh*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - saw/looked",
"*wayyattēr*": "hiphil imperfect consecutive 3rd person masculine singular - and startled/scattered/drove asunder",
"*gôyim*": "noun masculine plural - nations/peoples",
"*wayyiṯpōṣǝṣû*": "hithpael imperfect consecutive 3rd person plural - and shattered themselves/were scattered",
"*harǝrê-ʿaḏ*": "noun masculine plural construct with noun - everlasting mountains/ancient mountains",
"*šaḥû*": "qal perfect 3rd person plural - bowed down/sank down",
"*ḡiḇʿôṯ ʿôlām*": "noun feminine plural construct with noun - eternal hills/ancient hills",
"*hălîḵôṯ ʿôlām*": "noun feminine plural construct with noun - eternal ways/ancient paths",
"*lô*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to/for him"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyattēr*": "drove asunder/scattered/shook/startled",
"*harǝrê-ʿaḏ*": "everlasting mountains/ancient mountains/primeval mountains",
"*hălîḵôṯ ʿôlām*": "eternal ways/ancient paths/everlasting goings"
}
}
7 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.3.7",
"source": "תַּ֣חַת אָ֔וֶן רָאִ֖יתִי אָהֳלֵ֣י כוּשָׁ֑ן יִרְגְּז֕וּן יְרִיע֖וֹת אֶ֥רֶץ מִדְיָֽן׃",
"text": "Under *ʾāwen* I-saw *ʾohŏlê Kûšān*; they-trembled *yǝrîʿôṯ ʾereṣ Miḏyān*.",
"grammar": {
"*taḥaṯ*": "preposition - under/beneath",
"*ʾāwen*": "noun masculine singular - trouble/sorrow/iniquity",
"*rāʾîṯî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I saw",
"*ʾohŏlê*": "noun masculine plural construct - tents of",
"*Kûšān*": "proper noun - Cushan (region/people)",
"*yirǝgǝzûn*": "qal imperfect 3rd person plural - they tremble/shake",
"*yǝrîʿôṯ*": "noun feminine plural construct - curtains/tent-cloths of",
"*ʾereṣ*": "noun feminine singular construct - land of",
"*Miḏyān*": "proper noun - Midian (region/people)"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾāwen*": "trouble/iniquity/affliction/calamity",
"*yǝrîʿôṯ*": "tent curtains/canvases/dwelling places"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.3.8",
"source": "הֲבִנְהָרִים֙ חָרָ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה אִ֤ם בַּנְּהָרִים֙ אַפֶּ֔ךָ אִם־בַּיָּ֖ם עֶבְרָתֶ֑ךָ כִּ֤י תִרְכַּב֙ עַל־סוּסֶ֔יךָ מַרְכְּבֹתֶ֖יךָ יְשׁוּעָֽה׃",
"text": "?Against *nǝhārîm* was-angry *YHWH*, if against *nǝhārîm* was *ʾappeḵā*, if against the *yām* was *ʿeḇrāṯeḵā*, when *ṯirkaḇ* upon *sûseḵā*, *markǝḇōṯeḵā* *yǝšûʿāh*?",
"grammar": {
"*hă*": "interrogative particle - whether/is it that",
"*ḇinǝhārîm*": "preposition *bə* with noun masculine plural - against rivers",
"*ḥārāh*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - burned with anger/was angry",
"*YHWH*": "divine name",
"*ʾim*": "conjunction - if/or",
"*ʾappeḵā*": "noun masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your anger/nose",
"*bayyām*": "preposition *bə* with definite article and noun masculine singular - against the sea",
"*ʿeḇrāṯeḵā*": "noun feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your wrath/fury",
"*kî*": "conjunction - that/when/because",
"*ṯirkaḇ*": "qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you ride/mounted",
"*ʿal-sûseḵā*": "preposition with noun masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - upon your horses",
"*markǝḇōṯeḵā*": "noun feminine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your chariots",
"*yǝšûʿāh*": "noun feminine singular - salvation/deliverance/victory"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾappeḵā*": "your anger/your wrath/your nostril (metonymy for anger)",
"*ʿeḇrāṯeḵā*": "your wrath/your fury/your overflowing anger",
"*yǝšûʿāh*": "salvation/deliverance/victory"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.3.9",
"source": "עֶרְיָ֤ה תֵעוֹר֙ קַשְׁתֶּ֔ךָ שְׁבֻע֥וֹת מַטּ֖וֹת אֹ֣מֶר סֶ֑לָה נְהָר֖וֹת תְּבַקַּע־אָֽרֶץ׃",
"text": "Completely *ṯēʿôr* *qašteḵā*, *šǝḇuʿôṯ maṭṭôṯ ʾōmer*. *Selāh*. With-*nǝhārôṯ* you-split *ʾāreṣ*.",
"grammar": {
"*ʿeryāh*": "adverb - completely/utterly/nakedly",
"*ṯēʿôr*": "niphal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - was laid bare/was uncovered",
"*qašteḵā*": "noun feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your bow",
"*šǝḇuʿôṯ*": "noun feminine plural construct - oaths of/sworn",
"*maṭṭôṯ*": "noun masculine plural - rods/staffs/tribes",
"*ʾōmer*": "noun masculine singular - word/speech/command",
"*Selāh*": "musical notation or pause",
"*nǝhārôṯ*": "noun masculine plural - rivers/streams",
"*tǝḇaqqaʿ*": "piel imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you split/cleave",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "noun feminine singular - earth/land"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿeryāh ṯēʿôr*": "completely laid bare/fully exposed/made naked and ready",
"*šǝḇuʿôṯ maṭṭôṯ ʾōmer*": "sworn are rods of word/oaths of tribes are spoken/rods of chastisement are sworn",
"*tǝḇaqqaʿ*": "you split/you cleave/you divide"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.3.10",
"source": "רָא֤וּךָ יָחִ֙ילוּ֙ הָרִ֔ים זֶ֥רֶם מַ֖יִם עָבָ֑ר נָתַ֤ן תְּהוֹם֙ קוֹל֔וֹ ר֖וֹם יָדֵ֥יהוּ נָשָֽׂא׃",
"text": "They-saw-you, they-writhed, *hārîm*; *zerem mayim* passed-over. *Tǝhôm* gave *qôlô*, *rôm yāḏêhû* lifted-up.",
"grammar": {
"*rāʾûḵā*": "qal perfect 3rd person plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - they saw you",
"*yāḥîlû*": "qal imperfect 3rd person plural - they writhed/trembled",
"*hārîm*": "noun masculine plural - mountains",
"*zerem*": "noun masculine singular construct - downpour/flood of",
"*mayim*": "noun masculine plural - waters",
"*ʿāḇār*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - passed over/swept by",
"*nāṯan*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - gave/uttered",
"*tǝhôm*": "noun masculine singular - deep/abyss/ocean depths",
"*qôlô*": "noun masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its voice",
"*rôm*": "noun masculine singular construct - height/loftiness of",
"*yāḏêhû*": "noun feminine dual with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its hands",
"*nāśāʾ*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - lifted up/raised"
},
"variants": {
"*yāḥîlû*": "writhed/trembled/were in anguish",
"*tǝhôm*": "deep/abyss/primeval ocean",
"*rôm yāḏêhû nāśāʾ*": "lifted high its hands/raised its hands on high (personification of waters)"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.3.11",
"source": "שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ יָרֵ֖חַ עָ֣מַד זְבֻ֑לָה לְא֤וֹר חִצֶּ֙יךָ֙ יְהַלֵּ֔כוּ לְנֹ֖גַהּ בְּרַ֥ק חֲנִיתֶֽךָ׃",
"text": "*Šemeš yārēaḥ* stood *zǝḇulāh*, to light of *ḥiṣṣeḵā* they-move, to brightness of *bǝraq ḥănîṯeḵā*.",
"grammar": {
"*šemeš*": "noun masculine/feminine singular - sun",
"*yārēaḥ*": "noun masculine singular - moon",
"*ʿāmaḏ*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - stood/stayed",
"*zǝḇulāh*": "noun masculine singular with directional he - in their lofty abode/habitation",
"*lǝʾôr*": "preposition *lə* with noun masculine singular construct - at the light of",
"*ḥiṣṣeḵā*": "noun masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your arrows",
"*yǝhallēḵû*": "piel imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they go forth/march/move",
"*lǝnōḡah*": "preposition *lə* with noun masculine singular construct - at the brightness of",
"*bǝraq*": "noun masculine singular construct - lightning/flash of",
"*ḥănîṯeḵā*": "noun feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your spear"
},
"variants": {
"*zǝḇulāh*": "in their lofty dwelling/in their habitation/in their exalted place",
"*yǝhallēḵû*": "they march/they move/they go"
}
}
12 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.3.12",
"source": "בְּזַ֖עַם תִּצְעַד־אָ֑רֶץ בְּאַ֖ף תָּד֥וּשׁ גּוֹיִֽם׃",
"text": "In *zaʿam* you-march-through *ʾāreṣ*, in *ʾap̄* you-thresh *gôyim*.",
"grammar": {
"*bǝzaʿam*": "preposition *bə* with noun masculine singular - in indignation/rage",
"*tiṣʿaḏ*": "qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you march/stride",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "noun feminine singular - earth/land",
"*bǝʾap̄*": "preposition *bə* with noun masculine singular - in anger/wrath",
"*tāḏûš*": "qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you thresh/trample",
"*gôyim*": "noun masculine plural - nations/peoples"
},
"variants": {
"*zaʿam*": "indignation/rage/fury",
"*tiṣʿaḏ*": "march/stride/trample",
"*tāḏûš*": "thresh/trample/tread down"
}
}
13 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.3.13",
"source": "יָצָ֙אתָ֙ לְיֵ֣שַׁע עַמֶּ֔ךָ לְיֵ֖שַׁע אֶת־מְשִׁיחֶ֑ךָ מָחַ֤צְתָּ רֹּאשׁ֙ מִבֵּ֣ית רָשָׁ֔ע עָר֛וֹת יְס֥וֹד עַד־צַוָּ֖אר סֶֽלָה׃",
"text": "You-went-forth for *yēšaʿ* of *ʿammeḵā*, for *yēšaʿ* of *mǝšîḥeḵā*. You-smashed *rōʾš* from *bêṯ rāšāʿ*, laying-bare *yǝsôḏ* unto *ṣawwāʾr*. *Selāh*.",
"grammar": {
"*yāṣāʾṯā*": "qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you went forth",
"*lǝyēšaʿ*": "preposition *lə* with noun masculine singular construct - for salvation/deliverance of",
"*ʿammeḵā*": "noun masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your people",
"*ʾeṯ-mǝšîḥeḵā*": "direct object marker with noun masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your anointed one",
"*māḥaṣtā*": "qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you smashed/crushed/struck",
"*rōʾš*": "noun masculine singular construct - head of",
"*mibbêṯ*": "preposition *min* with noun masculine singular construct - from house of",
"*rāšāʿ*": "adjective masculine singular - wicked/evil one",
"*ʿārôṯ*": "infinitive absolute - laying bare",
"*yǝsôḏ*": "noun masculine singular construct - foundation of",
"*ʿaḏ-ṣawwāʾr*": "preposition with noun masculine singular - up to neck",
"*Selāh*": "musical notation or pause"
},
"variants": {
"*yēšaʿ*": "salvation/deliverance/help",
"*mǝšîḥeḵā*": "your anointed one/your messiah/your appointed one",
"*ʿārôṯ yǝsôḏ ʿaḏ-ṣawwāʾr*": "laying bare foundation to the neck/exposing foundation up to the neck"
}
}