Habakkuk 3:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנֹ֙גַהּ֙ כָּא֣וֹר תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה קַרְנַ֥יִם מִיָּד֖וֹ ל֑וֹ וְשָׁ֖ם חֶבְי֥וֹן עֻזֹּֽה׃

Transliteration

And nōḡah like ʾôr it-will-be, qarnayim from yāḏô to him, and there ḥeḇyôn ʿuzzōh.

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*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

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Referenced Verses

Job 26:14 : 14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Ps 104:2 : 2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
Prov 18:10 : 10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Isa 60:19-20 : 19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. 20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Matt 17:2 : 2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
Exod 13:21 : 21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
Exod 14:20 : 20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
Neh 9:12 : 12 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
Rev 22:5 : 5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
Rev 21:23 : 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

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