Habakkuk 1:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַד־אָ֧נָה יְהוָ֛ה שִׁוַּ֖עְתִּי וְלֹ֣א תִשְׁמָ֑ע אֶזְעַ֥ק אֵלֶ֛יךָ חָמָ֖ס וְלֹ֥א תוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃

Transliteration

Until-when YHWH šiwwaʿtî and-not tišmāʿ? ʾezʿaq to-you ḥāmās and-not tôšîaʿ

Grammar Details

*ʿad-ʾānāh*: preposition + interrogative adverb - until when/how long
*YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
*šiwwaʿtî*: verb, Piel perfect, 1st person singular - I have cried out
*wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*tišmāʿ*: verb, Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you hear/listen
*ʾezʿaq*: verb, Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I cry out
*ʾēleḵā*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you
*ḥāmās*: noun, masculine singular - violence/wrong
*tôšîaʿ*: verb, Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you save/deliver

Word Meanings

*šiwwaʿtî*: I cry for help/I call out in distress
*ḥāmās*: violence/oppression/wrong/injustice

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 14:9 : 9 Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
Lam 3:8 : 8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Ps 13:1-2 : 1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
Ps 22:1-2 : 1 To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
Ps 74:9-9 : 9 We see{H8804)} not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth{H8802)} how long. 10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach{H8762)}? shall the enemy{H8802)} blaspheme{H8762)} thy name for ever?
Ps 94:3 : 3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph{H8799)}?
Rev 6:10 : 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

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