Nahum 3:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כָּל־מִבְצָרַיִךְ תְּאֵנִים עִם־בִּכּוּרִים אִם־יִנּוֹעוּ וְנָפְלוּ עַל־פִּי אוֹכֵל׃

Transliteration

kol-mibṣārayik tĕʾēnîm ʿim-bikkûrîm ʾim-yinnôʿû wĕ-nāp̄lû ʿal-pî ʾôkēl

Grammar Details

*kol-mibṣārayik*: noun, masculine, singular construct + noun, masculine, plural + 2nd feminine singular suffix - all your fortresses
*tĕʾēnîm*: noun, feminine, plural - fig trees
*ʿim-bikkûrîm*: preposition + noun, masculine, plural - with early/first-ripe fruit
*ʾim-yinnôʿû*: conjunction + verb, Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - if they are shaken
*wĕ-nāp̄lû*: conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd plural - then they fall
*ʿal-pî*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular construct - upon mouth of
*ʾôkēl*: verb, Qal participle, masculine singular - eater

Word Meanings

*mibṣārayik*: fortresses/strongholds/fortified places
*tĕʾēnîm*: fig trees/figs
*bikkûrîm*: first-ripe fruit/early figs
*yinnôʿû*: shaken/swayed/moved
*nāp̄lû*: fall/drop/be cast down
*pî*: mouth/opening
*ʾôkēl*: eater/one who eats

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Rev 6:13 : 13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Isa 28:4 : 4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
Hab 1:10 : 10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.

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