Nahum 3:12

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{ "verseID": "Nahum.3.12", "source": "כָּל־מִבְצָרַיִךְ תְּאֵנִים עִם־בִּכּוּרִים אִם־יִנּוֹעוּ וְנָפְלוּ עַל־פִּי אוֹכֵל׃", "text": "*kol-mibṣārayik* *tĕʾēnîm* *ʿim-bikkûrîm* *ʾim-yinnôʿû* *wĕ-nāp̄lû* *ʿal-pî* *ʾôkēl*", "grammar": { "*kol-mibṣārayik*": "noun, masculine, singular construct + noun, masculine, plural + 2nd feminine singular suffix - all your fortresses", "*tĕʾēnîm*": "noun, feminine, plural - fig trees", "*ʿim-bikkûrîm*": "preposition + noun, masculine, plural - with early/first-ripe fruit", "*ʾim-yinnôʿû*": "conjunction + verb, Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - if they are shaken", "*wĕ-nāp̄lû*": "conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd plural - then they fall", "*ʿal-pî*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular construct - upon mouth of", "*ʾôkēl*": "verb, Qal participle, masculine singular - eater" }, "variants": { "*mibṣārayik*": "fortresses/strongholds/fortified places", "*tĕʾēnîm*": "fig trees/figs", "*bikkûrîm*": "first-ripe fruit/early figs", "*yinnôʿû*": "shaken/swayed/moved", "*nāp̄lû*": "fall/drop/be cast down", "*pî*": "mouth/opening", "*ʾôkēl*": "eater/one who eats" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כָּל־מִבְצָרַיִךְ תְּאֵנִים עִם־בִּכּוּרִים אִם־יִנּוֹעוּ וְנָפְלוּ עַל־פִּי אוֹכֵל׃

Transliteration

kol-mibṣārayik tĕʾēnîm ʿim-bikkûrîm ʾim-yinnôʿû wĕ-nāp̄lû ʿal-pî ʾôkēl

Grammar Details

• *kol-mibṣārayik*: noun, masculine, singular construct + noun, masculine, plural + 2nd feminine singular suffix - all your fortresses
• *tĕʾēnîm*: noun, feminine, plural - fig trees
• *ʿim-bikkûrîm*: preposition + noun, masculine, plural - with early/first-ripe fruit
• *ʾim-yinnôʿû*: conjunction + verb, Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - if they are shaken
• *wĕ-nāp̄lû*: conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd plural - then they fall
• *ʿal-pî*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular construct - upon mouth of
• *ʾôkēl*: verb, Qal participle, masculine singular - eater

Word Meanings

• *mibṣārayik*: fortresses/strongholds/fortified places
• *tĕʾēnîm*: fig trees/figs
• *bikkûrîm*: first-ripe fruit/early figs
• *yinnôʿû*: shaken/swayed/moved
• *nāp̄lû*: fall/drop/be cast down
• *pî*: mouth/opening
• *ʾôkēl*: eater/one who eats

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  All your fortresses are like fig trees with the first ripe fruit; when they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  All your strongholds shall be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs: if they are shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  All thy fortresses{H4013} shall be like fig-trees{H8384} with the first-ripe figs:{H1061} if they be shaken,{H5128} they fall{H5307} into the mouth{H6310} of the eater.{H398}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  All thy strong holds{H4013} shall be like fig trees{H8384} with the firstripe figs{H1061}: if they be shaken{H5128}{(H8735)}, they shall even fall{H5307}{(H8804)} into the mouth{H6310} of the eater{H398}{(H8802)}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  All thy stronge cities shal be like fyge trees wt rype fyges: which whe a ma shaketh, they fall in to the mouth of the eater.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  All thy strong cities shall be like figtrees with the first ripe figs: for if they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  All thy strong aydes are as figge trees with the first ripe figges: if they be stirred, they fal into the mouth of the eater.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  All thy strong holds [shall be like] fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs: if they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  All thy fortresses `are' fig-trees with first-fruits, If they are shaken, They have fallen into the mouth of the eater.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  All thy fortresses shall be `like' fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  All thy fortresses shall be [like] fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  All your walled places will be like fig-trees and your people like the first figs, falling at a shake into the mouth which is open for them.

• World English Bible (2000)

  All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs: if they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Assyrian Defenses Will Fail All your fortifications will be like fig trees with first-ripe fruit: If they are shaken, their figs will fall into the mouth of the eater!

Referenced Verses

• Rev 6:13 : 13 { "verseID": "Revelation.6.13", "source": "Καὶ οἱ ἀστέρες τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἔπεσαν εἰς τὴν γῆν, ὡς συκῆ βάλλει τοὺς ὀλύνθους αὐτῆς, ὑπὸ μεγάλου ἀνέμου σειομένη.", "text": "And the *asteres* of the *ouranou* *epesan* to the *gēn*, as *sykē* *ballei* the *olynthous* of it, by *megalou* *anemou* *seiomenē*.", "grammar": { "*asteres*": "nominative, masculine, plural - stars", "*ouranou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of heaven/sky", "*epesan*": "aorist, 3rd person plural - fell", "*gēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - earth/land", "*sykē*": "nominative, feminine, singular - fig tree", "*ballei*": "present, 3rd person singular - casts/throws", "*olynthous*": "accusative, masculine, plural - unripe figs", "*megalou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - great/strong", "*anemou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - wind", "*seiomenē*": "present passive participle, nominative, feminine, singular - being shaken" }, "variants": { "*asteres*": "stars/celestial bodies", "*ouranou*": "heaven/sky/firmament", "*epesan*": "fell/dropped/came down", "*gēn*": "earth/land/ground/soil", "*sykē*": "fig tree", "*ballei*": "casts/throws/drops", "*olynthous*": "unripe figs/late figs", "*megalou*": "great/strong/mighty", "*anemou*": "wind/blast", "*seiomenē*": "being shaken/agitated/tossed" } }
• Isa 28:4 : 4 { "verseID": "Isaiah.28.4", "source": "וְהָיְתָה צִיצַת נֹבֵל צְבִי תִפְאַרְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עַל־רֹאשׁ גֵּיא שְׁמָנִים כְּבִכּוּרָהּ בְּטֶרֶם קַיִץ אֲשֶׁר יִרְאֶה הָרֹאֶה אוֹתָהּ בְּעוֹדָהּ בְּכַפּוֹ יִבְלָעֶנָּה", "text": "*Wə-hāyəṯāh* *ṣîṣaṯ* *nōḇēl* *ṣəḇî* *tip̄ʾartô* *ʾăšer* on-*rōʾš* *gēyʾ* *šəmānîm* like-*bikkûrāh* before *qayiṣ* *ʾăšer* *yirʾeh* *hārōʾeh* *ʾôṯāh* while-*bəʿôḏāh* in-*kappô* *yiḇlāʿennāh*", "grammar": { "*Wə-hāyəṯāh*": "conjunction + qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - and will be", "*ṣîṣaṯ*": "feminine singular construct - flower of", "*nōḇēl*": "masculine singular participle - fading/withering", "*ṣəḇî*": "masculine singular construct - beauty/glory of", "*tip̄ʾartô*": "feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his splendor", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that", "*rōʾš*": "masculine singular noun - head", "*gēyʾ*": "masculine singular construct - valley of", "*šəmānîm*": "masculine plural noun - fatness/fertility", "*bikkûrāh*": "feminine singular noun + 3rd feminine singular suffix - its early fig", "*qayiṣ*": "masculine singular noun - summer/harvest", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that", "*yirʾeh*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - sees", "*hārōʾeh*": "definite article + qal participle masculine singular - the seer/one who sees", "*ʾôṯāh*": "direct object marker + 3rd feminine singular suffix - it", "*bəʿôḏāh*": "preposition + adverb + 3rd feminine singular suffix - while still it", "*kappô*": "feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his palm/hand", "*yiḇlāʿennāh*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - he swallows it" }, "variants": { "*nōḇēl*": "fading/withering/drooping", "*ṣəḇî*": "beauty/glory/ornament/gazelle", "*šəmānîm*": "fatness/fertility/richness", "*bikkûrāh*": "early fig/first-ripe fruit", "*yiḇlāʿennāh*": "swallows it/devours it/consumes it" } }
• Hab 1:10 : 10 { "verseID": "Habakkuk.1.10", "source": "וְהוּא֙ בַּמְּלָכִ֣ים יִתְקַלָּ֔ס וְרֹזְנִ֖ים מִשְׂחָ֣ק ל֑וֹ ה֚וּא לְכָל־מִבְצָ֣ר יִשְׂחָ֔ק וַיִּצְבֹּ֥ר עָפָ֖ר וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃", "text": "And-he at-the-*məlāḵîm* *yiṯqallās* and-*rōzənîm* *miśḥāq* to-him he to-all-*miḇṣār* *yiśḥāq* and-*yiṣbōr* *ʿāp̄ār* and-*yilkəḏāh*", "grammar": { "*wə-hûʾ*": "conjunction + pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - and he", "*bammələḵîm*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine plural - at the kings", "*yiṯqallās*": "verb, Hithpael imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - mocks/scoffs", "*wə-rōzənîm*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural - and rulers", "*miśḥāq*": "noun, masculine singular - derision/laughter", "*lô*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him", "*hûʾ*": "pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he", "*ləḵāl-miḇṣār*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + noun, masculine singular - to all fortress", "*yiśḥāq*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - laughs", "*wa-yiṣbōr*": "conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and heaps up", "*ʿāp̄ār*": "noun, masculine singular - dust/dirt", "*wa-yilkəḏāh*": "conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and captures it" }, "variants": { "*məlāḵîm*": "kings/monarchs/rulers", "*yiṯqallās*": "mocks/scoffs/ridicules/derides", "*rōzənîm*": "rulers/princes/dignitaries", "*miśḥāq*": "derision/laughter/mockery/joke", "*miḇṣār*": "fortress/stronghold/fortified place", "*yiśḥāq*": "laughs/mocks/scoffs", "*yiṣbōr*": "heaps up/piles up/accumulates", "*ʿāp̄ār*": "dust/dirt/soil/earth", "*yilkəḏāh*": "captures it/seizes it/takes it" } }