Nahum 1:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לִפְנֵ֤י זַעְמוֹ֙ מִ֣י יַֽעֲמ֔וֹד וּמִ֥י יָק֖וּם בַּחֲר֣וֹן אַפּ֑וֹ חֲמָתוֹ֙ נִתְּכָ֣ה כָאֵ֔שׁ וְהַצֻּרִ֖ים נִתְּצ֥וּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

Transliteration

Lipnê zaʿmô mî yaʿămôd û-mî yāqûm ba-ḥărôn ʾappô ḥămātô nittəkāh kā-ʾēš wə-haṣṣurîm nittəṣû mimmennû

Grammar Details

*Lipnê*: preposition + noun, construct - before/in the face of
*zaʿmô*: noun, masculine, singular + 3ms suffix - his indignation/fury
*mî*: interrogative pronoun - who
*yaʿămôd*: Qal imperfect, 3ms - he will stand
*û-mî*: conjunction + interrogative pronoun - and who
*yāqûm*: Qal imperfect, 3ms - he will rise/stand
*ba-ḥărôn*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular, construct - in the burning of
*ʾappô*: noun, masculine, singular + 3ms suffix - his anger/nose
*ḥămātô*: noun, feminine, singular + 3ms suffix - his wrath/fury
*nittəkāh*: Niphal perfect, 3fs - is poured out
*kā-ʾēš*: preposition + noun, feminine, singular - like fire
*wə-haṣṣurîm*: conjunction + article + noun, masculine, plural - and the rocks
*nittəṣû*: Niphal perfect, 3cp - are broken down/torn down
*mimmennû*: preposition + 3ms suffix - from him/by him

Word Meanings

*zaʿmô*: indignation/fury/rage
*yaʿămôd*: stand/endure/withstand
*yāqûm*: rise/stand/endure
*ḥărôn*: burning/heat/fierceness
*ʾappô*: his anger/nose/wrath
*ḥămātô*: his wrath/fury/heat
*nittəkāh*: is poured out/is melted
*haṣṣurîm*: the rocks/crags/strongholds
*nittəṣû*: are broken down/torn down/demolished

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Referenced Verses

Mal 3:2 : 2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
Jer 10:10 : 10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
Nah 1:2 : 2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
Rev 6:17 : 17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Rev 16:1 : 1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
Rev 16:8 : 8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
Lam 2:4 : 4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
Lam 4:11 : 11 The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.
Ezek 30:16 : 16 And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.
Deut 32:22-23 : 22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. 23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
1 Kgs 19:11 : 11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
Ps 2:12 : 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Ps 76:7 : 7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared{H8737)}: and who may stand{H8799)} in thy sight when once thou art angry?
Ps 90:11 : 11 Who knoweth{H8802)} the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
Isa 10:16 : 16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
Isa 27:4 : 4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.

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