You are too pureטְהוֹרof eyesעֵינַיִםto seeמֵרְאוֹתevil,רָעand to lookוְהַבִּיטonאֶלtroubleעָמָלyou are notלֹאable.תוּכָלWhyלָמָּהdo you look onתַבִּיטtraitors,בּוֹגְדִיםand keep silentתַּחֲרִישׁwhen the wickedבְּ רָשָׁעswallowsבַלַּעone more righteousצַדִּיקthan he?מִמֶּנּוּ
Habakkuk 1:13
Study it in the app“You are too pure of eyes to see evil, and to look on trouble you are not able. Why do you look on traitors, and keep silent when the wicked swallows one more righteous than he?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Habakkuk 1:13, word by word
- You are too pureטְהוֹרtehor
pure
Pure, clean.
Where else “tehor” appears- of eyesעֵינַיִםenayim
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enayim” appears- to seeרְאוֹתreot
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reot” appears- evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- and to lookהַבִּיטhabit
look
Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.
Where else “habit” appears- troubleעָמָלamal
toil
Exhausting effort and what it earns.
Where else “amal” appears- ableתוּכָלtuchal
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “tuchal” appears- traitorsבּוֹגְדִיםbogdim
act treacherously
Be unfaithful: break one's word or someone's trust.
Where else “bogdim” appears- and keep silentתַּחֲרִישׁtacharish
be silent
To stay quiet, without answering or speaking.
Where else “tacharish” appears- when the wickedרָשָׁעrasha
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “rasha” appears- swallowsבַלַּעvala
swallow
Swallow, swallow up; hence, destroy.
Where else “vala” appears- one more righteousצַדִּיקtsadik
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appears
The context
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.
13 · This verse (above)
14And you make human beings like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler over them.