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"
}
}
4{
"verseID": "Habakkuk.1.4",
"source": "עַל־כֵּן֙ תָּפ֣וּג תּוֹרָ֔ה וְלֹֽא־יֵצֵ֥א לָנֶ֖צַח מִשְׁפָּ֑ט כִּ֤י רָשָׁע֙ מַכְתִּ֣יר אֶת־הַצַּדִּ֔יק עַל־כֵּ֛ן יֵצֵ֥א מִשְׁפָּ֖ט מְעֻקָּֽל׃",
"text": "Therefore *tāp̄ûḡ* *tôrāh* and-not-*yēṣēʾ* to-*lāneṣaḥ* *mišpāṭ* because *rāšāʿ* *maḵtîr* *ʾeṯ*-the-*ṣaddîq* therefore *yēṣēʾ* *mišpāṭ* *məʿuqqāl*",
"grammar": {
"*ʿal-kēn*": "preposition + adverb - therefore/thus",
"*tāp̄ûḡ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - grows numb/is slackened",
"*tôrāh*": "noun, feminine singular - law/instruction",
"*wə-lōʾ-yēṣēʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle + verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and not goes forth",
"*lāneṣaḥ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - to victory/forever/perpetuity",
"*mišpāṭ*": "noun, masculine singular - justice/judgment",
"*kî*": "conjunction - because/for",
"*rāšāʿ*": "adjective, masculine singular - wicked person",
"*maḵtîr*": "verb, Hiphil participle, masculine singular - surrounds/encircles",
"*ʾeṯ-haṣṣaddîq*": "direct object marker + definite article + noun, masculine singular - the righteous person",
"*yēṣēʾ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - goes forth",
"*məʿuqqāl*": "adjective, masculine singular, Pual participle - distorted/perverted"
},
"variants": {
"*tāp̄ûḡ*": "grows numb/is slackened/fails/becomes feeble",
"*tôrāh*": "law/instruction/teaching",
"*lāneṣaḥ*": "to victory/forever/perpetually/completely",
"*mišpāṭ*": "justice/judgment/legal decision",
"*rāšāʿ*": "wicked person/unrighteous one",
"*maḵtîr*": "surrounds/encircles/hemms in",
"*ṣaddîq*": "righteous person/just one",
"*məʿuqqāl*": "distorted/perverted/twisted"
}
}