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Thenאָזhe sweeps byחָלַףlike the windרוּחַand passes on,וַיַּעֲבֹרand he becomes guilty,וְאָשֵׁםthis oneזוּwhose strengthכֹחוֹis his god.”לֵאלֹהוֹ
Habakkuk 1:11
Study it in the app“Then he sweeps by like the wind and passes on, and he becomes guilty, this one whose strength is his god.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Habakkuk 1:11, word by word
- he sweeps byחָלַףchalaf
pass away
To sweep by and vanish, like the wind.
Where else “chalaf” appears- like the windרוּחַruach
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears- and passes onיַּעֲבֹרyaavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavor” appears- and he becomes guiltyאָשֵׁםashem
be guilty
Be guilty; bear the guilt of something, and so suffer its punishment.
Where else “ashem” appears- this oneזוּzu
this
Points to something near or already mentioned (in poetry).
Where else “zu” appears- whose strengthכֹחchoch
strength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “choch” appears- is his godאלֹהlo
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “lo” appears
The context
10And it scoffs at kings, and dignitaries are a laughingstock to it; it laughs at every fortress, and heaps up dirt and captures it.
11 · This verse (above)
12Are you not from of old, YHWH, my Elohim, my Holy One? We will not die. YHWH, for judgment you have appointed him, and, Rock, for reproving you have established him.