Hab 3:3-9 : 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"
}
}
14 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.3.14",
"source": "נָקַ֤בְתָּ בְמַטָּיו֙ רֹ֣אשׁ *פרזו **פְּרָזָ֔יו יִסְעֲר֖וּ לַהֲפִיצֵ֑נִי עֲלִ֣יצֻתָ֔ם כְּמוֹ־לֶאֱכֹ֥ל עָנִ֖י בַּמִּסְתָּֽר׃",
"text": "You-pierced with *maṭṭāyw* *rōʾš* of his *pǝrāzāyw*. They-stormed to *hăp̄îṣēnî*; their *ʿălîṣuṯām* as to devour *ʿānî* in *hammistar*.",
"grammar": {
"*nāqaḇtā*": "qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you pierced/struck through",
"*ḇǝmaṭṭāyw*": "preposition *bə* with noun masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - with his own rods/staves",
"*rōʾš*": "noun masculine singular construct - head of",
"*pǝrāzāyw*": "noun masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his warriors/rural fighters",
"*yisʿărû*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they storm/rush",
"*lahăp̄îṣēnî*": "preposition *lə* with hiphil infinitive construct with 1st person singular suffix - to scatter me",
"*ʿălîṣuṯām*": "noun feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their exultation/rejoicing",
"*kǝmô-leʾĕḵōl*": "preposition *kə* with preposition *lə* and qal infinitive construct - as to devour",
"*ʿānî*": "adjective masculine singular - poor/afflicted person",
"*bammistar*": "preposition *bə* with definite article and noun masculine singular - in the hiding place/secretly"
},
"variants": {
"*pǝrāzāyw*": "his warriors/his villagers/his rural fighters",
"*yisʿărû*": "they rush/they storm/they whirl about",
"*ʿălîṣuṯām*": "their exultation/their rejoicing/their gloating"
}
}
15 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.3.15",
"source": "דָּרַ֥כְתָּ בַיָּ֖ם סוּסֶ֑יךָ חֹ֖מֶר מַ֥יִם רַבִּֽים׃",
"text": "You-trod in the *yām* with *sûseḵā*, *ḥōmer mayim rabbîm*.",
"grammar": {
"*dāraḵtā*": "qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you trod/walked",
"*bayyām*": "preposition *bə* with definite article and noun masculine singular - in the sea",
"*sûseḵā*": "noun masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your horses",
"*ḥōmer*": "noun masculine singular construct - heap/foam of",
"*mayim*": "noun masculine plural - waters",
"*rabbîm*": "adjective masculine plural - many/great"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥōmer*": "heap/foam/surge/pile",
"*mayim rabbîm*": "many waters/great waters/mighty waters"
}
}
16 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.3.16",
"source": "שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי ׀ וַתִּרְגַּ֣ז בִּטְנִ֗י לְקוֹל֙ צָלֲל֣וּ שְׂפָתַ֔י יָב֥וֹא רָקָ֛ב בַּעֲצָמַ֖י וְתַחְתַּ֣י אֶרְגָּ֑ז אֲשֶׁ֤ר אָנ֙וּחַ֙ לְי֣וֹם צָרָ֔ה לַעֲל֖וֹת לְעַ֥ם יְגוּדֶֽנּוּ׃",
"text": "I-heard and *tirǝgaz* *biṭnî*, at *qôl* quivered *śǝp̄āṯay*, *yāḇôʾ rāqāḇ* into *baʿăṣāmay* and in my place I-trembled, that I-wait for *yôm ṣārāh* to-come-up to *ʿam yǝḡûḏennû*.",
"grammar": {
"*šāmaʿtî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I heard",
"*wattirǝgaz*": "qal imperfect consecutive 3rd person feminine singular - and trembled",
"*biṭnî*": "noun feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my belly/inward parts",
"*lǝqôl*": "preposition *lə* with noun masculine singular - at the sound",
"*ṣālălû*": "qal perfect 3rd person plural - quivered/tingled",
"*śǝp̄āṯay*": "noun feminine dual with 1st person singular suffix - my lips",
"*yāḇôʾ*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - enters/comes",
"*rāqāḇ*": "noun masculine singular - rottenness/decay",
"*baʿăṣāmay*": "preposition *bə* with noun feminine plural with 1st person singular suffix - in my bones",
"*wǝṯaḥtay*": "conjunction with preposition with 1st person singular suffix - and under me/in my place",
"*ʾerǝgāz*": "qal imperfect 1st person singular - I tremble/shake",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - that/which",
"*ʾānûaḥ*": "qal imperfect 1st person singular - I wait/rest",
"*lǝyôm*": "preposition *lə* with noun masculine singular construct - for day of",
"*ṣārāh*": "noun feminine singular - distress/trouble",
"*laʿălôṯ*": "preposition *lə* with qal infinitive construct - to come up",
"*lǝʿam*": "preposition *lə* with noun masculine singular - against people",
"*yǝḡûḏennû*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he invades it/troops against us"
},
"variants": {
"*biṭnî*": "my belly/my inward parts/my bowels (seat of emotions)",
"*rāqāḇ*": "rottenness/decay/worm",
"*yǝḡûḏennû*": "invades us/troops against us/will attack us"
}
}
17 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.3.17",
"source": "כִּֽי־תְאֵנָ֣ה לֹֽא־תִפְרָ֗ח וְאֵ֤ין יְבוּל֙ בַּגְּפָנִ֔ים כִּחֵשׁ֙ מַעֲשֵׂה־זַ֔יִת וּשְׁדֵמ֖וֹת לֹא־עָ֣שָׂה אֹ֑כֶל גָּזַ֤ר מִמִּכְלָה֙ צֹ֔אן וְאֵ֥ין בָּקָ֖ר בָּרְפָתִֽים׃",
"text": "For *tǝʾēnāh* not *ṯip̄rāḥ* and no *yǝḇûl* in the *gǝp̄ānîm*, fails *maʿăśēh-zayiṯ* and *šǝḏēmôṯ* not *ʿāśāh ʾōḵel*, cut-off from *mikǝlāh* *ṣōʾn* and no *bāqār* in the *rǝp̄āṯîm*.",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/though/although",
"*tǝʾēnāh*": "noun feminine singular - fig tree",
"*lōʾ-ṯip̄rāḥ*": "negative particle with qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - does not blossom",
"*wǝʾên*": "conjunction with particle of non-existence - and there is no",
"*yǝḇûl*": "noun masculine singular - produce/yield/fruit",
"*baggǝp̄ānîm*": "preposition *bə* with definite article and noun masculine plural - in the vines",
"*kiḥēš*": "piel perfect 3rd person masculine singular - fails/deceives",
"*maʿăśēh-zayiṯ*": "noun masculine singular construct with noun - produce of olive",
"*ûšǝḏēmôṯ*": "conjunction with noun feminine plural - and fields",
"*lōʾ-ʿāśāh*": "negative particle with qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - does not yield",
"*ʾōḵel*": "noun masculine singular - food",
"*gāzar*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - is cut off",
"*mimmikǝlāh*": "preposition *min* with noun feminine singular - from fold",
"*ṣōʾn*": "noun feminine singular - flock/sheep",
"*wǝʾên*": "conjunction with particle of non-existence - and there is no",
"*bāqār*": "noun masculine singular - cattle/herd",
"*bārǝp̄āṯîm*": "preposition *bə* with definite article and noun feminine plural - in the stalls"
},
"variants": {
"*kiḥēš maʿăśēh-zayiṯ*": "olive crop fails/olive harvest disappoints/labor of olive tree is in vain",
"*gāzar mimmikǝlāh ṣōʾn*": "sheep are cut off from the fold/flock is cut off from the pen"
}
}
18 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.3.18",
"source": "וַאֲנִ֖י בַּיהוָ֣ה אֶעְל֑וֹזָה אָגִ֖ילָה בֵּאלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׁעִֽי׃",
"text": "And I in *YHWH* *ʾeʿlôzāh*, I-will-rejoice in *ʾĕlōhê yišʿî*.",
"grammar": {
"*waʾănî*": "conjunction with 1st person singular pronoun - and I",
"*baYHWH*": "preposition *bə* with divine name - in YHWH",
"*ʾeʿlôzāh*": "qal imperfect cohortative 1st person singular - I will exult/rejoice",
"*ʾāḡîlāh*": "qal imperfect cohortative 1st person singular - I will rejoice",
"*bēʾlōhê*": "preposition *bə* with noun masculine plural construct - in God of",
"*yišʿî*": "noun masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my salvation"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾeʿlôzāh*": "I will exult/I will rejoice/I will be joyful",
"*ʾāḡîlāh*": "I will rejoice/I will be glad/I will celebrate",
"*ʾĕlōhê yišʿî*": "God of my salvation/God of my deliverance"
}
}
19 {
"verseID": "Habakkuk.3.19",
"source": "יְהוִ֤הּ אֲדֹנָי֙ חֵילִ֔י וַיָּ֤שֶׂם רַגְלַי֙ כָּֽאַיָּל֔וֹת וְעַ֥ל בָּמוֹתַ֖י יַדְרִכֵ֑נִי לַמְנַצֵּ֖חַ בִּנְגִינוֹתָֽי׃",
"text": "*YHWH ʾăḏōnāy* is my *ḥêlî*, and he makes my *raḡlay* like *ʾayyālôṯ*, and upon my *bāmôṯay* he makes me tread. For the *mǝnaṣṣēaḥ* with my *nǝḡînôṯāy*.",
"grammar": {
"*YHWH*": "divine name",
"*ʾăḏōnāy*": "divine title - my Lord",
"*ḥêlî*": "noun masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my strength",
"*wayyāśem*": "qal imperfect consecutive 3rd person masculine singular - and he makes/sets",
"*raḡlay*": "noun feminine dual with 1st person singular suffix - my feet",
"*kāʾayyālôṯ*": "preposition *kə* with definite article and noun feminine plural - like deer/hinds",
"*wǝʿal*": "conjunction with preposition - and upon",
"*bāmôṯay*": "noun feminine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my high places",
"*yaḏrîḵēnî*": "hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he causes me to tread/walk",
"*lamǝnaṣṣēaḥ*": "preposition *lə* with piel participle masculine singular - for the choir director/musical director",
"*binǝḡînôṯāy*": "preposition *bə* with noun feminine plural with 1st person singular suffix - with my stringed instruments"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥêlî*": "my strength/my power/my might",
"*kāʾayyālôṯ*": "like deer/like hinds/like gazelles (symbols of surefootedness)",
"*bāmôṯay*": "my high places/my heights/my elevated places (symbolizing victory and security)",
"*lamǝnaṣṣēaḥ binǝḡînôṯāy*": "for the choir director with my stringed instruments/for the music leader with my stringed music"
}
}