Nahum 3:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

קוֹל שׁוֹט וְקוֹל רַעַשׁ אוֹפָן וְסוּס דֹּהֵר וּמֶרְכָּבָה מְרַקֵּדָה׃

Transliteration

qôl šôṭ wĕ-qôl raʿaš ʾôp̄ān wĕ-sûs dōhēr û-merkābāh mĕraqqēdāh

Grammar Details

*qôl*: noun, masculine, singular construct - sound of
*šôṭ*: noun, masculine, singular - whip
*wĕ-qôl*: conjunction + noun, masculine, singular construct - and sound of
*raʿaš*: noun, masculine, singular construct - rattling/quaking of
*ʾôp̄ān*: noun, masculine, singular - wheel
*wĕ-sûs*: conjunction + noun, masculine, singular - and horse
*dōhēr*: verb, Qal participle, masculine singular - galloping
*û-merkābāh*: conjunction + noun, feminine, singular - and chariot
*mĕraqqēdāh*: verb, Piel participle, feminine singular - bounding/jolting/leaping

Word Meanings

*šôṭ*: whip/scourge
*raʿaš*: rattling/shaking/quaking/rumbling
*ʾôp̄ān*: wheel/chariot wheel
*dōhēr*: galloping/charging/racing
*mĕraqqēdāh*: bounding/jolting/leaping/dancing/jumping

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Referenced Verses

Jer 47:3 : 3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;
Nah 2:3-4 : 3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken. 4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.
Judg 5:22 : 22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
Job 39:22-25 : 22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. 23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. 24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. 25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Isa 9:5 : 5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.

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