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"
}
}