Habakkuk 3:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲבִנְהָרִים֙ חָרָ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה אִ֤ם בַּנְּהָרִים֙ אַפֶּ֔ךָ אִם־בַּיָּ֖ם עֶבְרָתֶ֑ךָ כִּ֤י תִרְכַּב֙ עַל־סוּסֶ֔יךָ מַרְכְּבֹתֶ֖יךָ יְשׁוּעָֽה׃

Transliteration

?Against nǝhārîm was-angry YHWH, if against nǝhārîm was ʾappeḵā, if against the yām was ʿeḇrāṯeḵā, when ṯirkaḇ upon sûseḵā, markǝḇōṯeḵā yǝšûʿāh?

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*ʾappeḵā*: your anger/your wrath/your nostril (metonymy for anger)
*ʿeḇrāṯeḵā*: your wrath/your fury/your overflowing anger
*yǝšûʿāh*: salvation/deliverance/victory

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Referenced Verses

Ps 68:17 : 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
Ps 18:10 : 10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Ps 114:5 : 5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
Isa 19:1 : 1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
Isa 50:2 : 2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
Hab 3:15 : 15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.
Ps 104:3 : 3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
Ps 114:3 : 3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
Deut 33:26-27 : 26 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. 27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
Ps 68:4 : 4 Sing{H8798)} unto God, sing praises{H8761)} to his name: extol{H8798)} him that rideth{H8802)} upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice{H8798)} before him.
Josh 3:16-17 : 16 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. 17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.
Exod 7:20 : 20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.
Exod 14:21-22 : 21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Ps 45:4 : 4 And in thy majesty ride{H8798)} prosperously{H8798)} because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach{H8686)} thee terrible things{H8737)}.
Mark 4:39 : 39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
Rev 6:2 : 2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
Rev 16:12 : 12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
Rev 19:11 : 11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
Rev 19:14 : 14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
Nah 1:4 : 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

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