8{
"verseID": "Nahum.1.8",
"source": "וּבְשֶׁ֣טֶף עֹבֵ֔ר כָּלָ֖ה יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה מְקוֹמָ֑הּ וְאֹיְבָ֖יו יְרַדֶּף־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃",
"text": "*Û-bəšeṭep* *ʿōbēr* *kālāh* *yaʿăśeh* *məqômāh* *wə-ʾōyəbāyw* *yəraddep-ḥōšek*",
"grammar": {
"*Û-bəšeṭep*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine, singular - and with an overflowing flood",
"*ʿōbēr*": "Qal participle, masculine, singular - passing/overflowing",
"*kālāh*": "noun, feminine, singular - complete destruction",
"*yaʿăśeh*": "Qal imperfect, 3ms - he will make",
"*məqômāh*": "noun, masculine, singular + 3fs suffix - her place",
"*wə-ʾōyəbāyw*": "conjunction + noun, masculine, plural + 3ms suffix - and his enemies",
"*yəraddep*": "Piel imperfect, 3ms - he will pursue",
"*ḥōšek*": "noun, masculine, singular - darkness"
},
"variants": {
"*šeṭep*": "overflowing flood/overwhelming torrent",
"*ʿōbēr*": "passing/overflowing/sweeping through",
"*kālāh*": "complete destruction/annihilation/end",
"*yaʿăśeh* *məqômāh*": "will make her place/will destroy its place/will make an end of its site",
"*yəraddep-ḥōšek*": "will pursue into darkness/will chase into the dark"
}
}
9{
"verseID": "Nahum.1.9",
"source": "מַה־תְּחַשְּׁבוּן֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה כָּלָ֖ה ה֣וּא עֹשֶׂ֑ה לֹֽא־תָק֥וּם פַּעֲמַ֖יִם צָרָֽה׃",
"text": "*Mah-təḥaššəbûn* *ʾel-YHWH* *kālāh* *hûʾ* *ʿōśeh* *lōʾ-tāqûm* *paʿămayim* *ṣārāh*",
"grammar": {
"*Mah*": "interrogative - what",
"*təḥaššəbûn*": "Piel imperfect, 2mp - you plot/devise",
"*ʾel*": "preposition - against",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun, divine name",
"*kālāh*": "noun, feminine, singular - complete destruction",
"*hûʾ*": "3ms personal pronoun - he",
"*ʿōśeh*": "Qal participle, masculine, singular - making/doing",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*tāqûm*": "Qal imperfect, 3fs - it will arise",
"*paʿămayim*": "noun, dual - twice",
"*ṣārāh*": "noun, feminine, singular - distress/trouble"
},
"variants": {
"*təḥaššəbûn*": "plot/devise/plan/imagine",
"*kālāh*": "complete destruction/annihilation/end",
"*ʿōśeh*": "making/doing/working",
"*tāqûm*": "will arise/stand/appear",
"*paʿămayim*": "twice/two times/second time"
}
}
10{
"verseID": "Nahum.1.10",
"source": "כִּ֚י עַד־סִירִ֣ים סְבֻכִ֔ים וּכְסָבְאָ֖ם סְבוּאִ֑ים אֻ֨כְּל֔וּ כְּקַ֥שׁ יָבֵ֖שׁ מָלֵֽא׃",
"text": "*Kî* *ʿad-sîrîm* *səbukîm* *û-kəsābəʾām* *səbûʾîm* *ʾukkəlû* *kəqaš* *yābēš* *mālēʾ*",
"grammar": {
"*Kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*ʿad*": "preposition - as far as/like",
"*sîrîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - thorns/thorny plants",
"*səbukîm*": "Qal passive participle, masculine, plural - entangled/intertwined",
"*û-kəsābəʾām*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine, singular + 3mp suffix - and like their drinking",
"*səbûʾîm*": "Qal passive participle, masculine, plural - drunken",
"*ʾukkəlû*": "Pual perfect, 3cp - they are consumed",
"*kəqaš*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular - like stubble",
"*yābēš*": "adjective, masculine, singular - dry",
"*mālēʾ*": "adjective, masculine, singular - full/completely"
},
"variants": {
"*sîrîm*": "thorns/thorny plants/brambles",
"*səbukîm*": "entangled/intertwined/interwoven",
"*sābəʾām*": "their drinking/their carousing",
"*səbûʾîm*": "drunken/intoxicated",
"*ʾukkəlû*": "they are consumed/devoured/burned up",
"*qaš*": "stubble/chaff/straw",
"*mālēʾ*": "full/completely/fully"
}
}