Nahum 2:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַיֵּה֙ מְע֣וֹן אֲרָי֔וֹת וּמִרְעֶ֥ה ה֖וּא לַכְּפִרִ֑ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָלַךְ֩ אַרְיֵ֨ה לָבִ֥יא שָׁ֛ם גּ֥וּר אַרְיֵ֖ה וְאֵ֥ין מַחֲרִֽיד׃

Transliteration

Where is the məʿôn ʾărāyôt and mirʿeh hûʾ for the kəpirîm, where hālak ʾaryēh lābîʾ there, gûr ʾaryēh, and there is no maḥărîd?

Grammar Details

*məʿôn*: noun, masculine singular construct - den/dwelling place of
*ʾărāyôt*: noun, masculine plural - lions
*mirʿeh*: noun, masculine singular - pasture/feeding place
*hûʾ*: pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - it/he
*kəpirîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the young lions
*hālak*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he walked/went
*ʾaryēh*: noun, masculine singular - lion
*lābîʾ*: noun, feminine singular - lioness
*gûr*: noun, masculine singular construct - cub of
*maḥărîd*: hiphil participle, masculine singular - one causing fear/disturbing

Word Meanings

*məʿôn*: den/dwelling place/lair/cave
*ʾărāyôt*: lions/strong ones
*mirʿeh*: pasture/feeding place/grazing ground
*kəpirîm*: young lions/strong young lions
*lābîʾ*: lioness/great lion
*gûr*: cub/whelp/young
*maḥărîd*: one causing fear/disturbing/frightening

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Referenced Verses

Jer 51:34 : 34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
Ps 17:12 : 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Isa 10:6-9 : 6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. 8 For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? 9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? 10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; 11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols? 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. 13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man: 14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

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