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And you makeוַתַּעֲשֶׂהhuman beingsאָדָםlike the fishכִּדְגֵיof the sea,הַיָּםlike creeping thingsכְּרֶמֶשׂthat have noלֹאrulerמֹשֵׁלover them.בּוֹ
Habakkuk 1:14
Study it in the app“And you make human beings like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler over them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Habakkuk 1:14, word by word
- And you makeתַּעֲשֶׂהtaase
make
To build or create something.
Where else “taase” appears- human beingsאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- like the fishדְגֵיdege
fish
Fish; fish as a whole.
Where else “dege” appears- of the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- like creeping thingsרֶמֶשׂremes
creeping thing
Creeping things: animals that move along the ground or glide, reptiles and small animals. From the same root as "creep".
Where else “remes” appears- rulerמֹשֵׁלmoshel
ruler
A person with authority who commands a people, good or bad.
Where else “moshel” appears
The context
13You 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?
14 · This verse (above)
15All of them he brings up with a hook; he drags them in his net and gathers them in his dragnet; therefore he rejoices and exults.