Habakkuk 1:15

“All 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.”

Habakkuk 1:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Habakkuk 1:15, word by word

he brings upהֵעֲלָהheala

bring up

To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".

Where else “heala” appears
with a hookחַכָּהchaka

hook, fishhook

A hook, a fishhook.

Where else “chaka” appears
he drags themיְגֹרֵyegore

drag

Haul off by force.

Where else “yegore” appears
in his netחֶרְמcherm

net

A mesh of knotted cords spread out to catch fish.

Where else “cherm” appears
and gathers themיַאַסְפֵyaasfe

gather

To bring together what was scattered, like the harvest.

Where else “yaasfe” appears
in his dragnetמִכְמַרְתּmichmart

fishing net

A fishing net.

Where else “michmart” appears
he rejoicesיִשְׂמַחyismach

rejoice

To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.

Where else “yismach” appears
and exultsיָגִילyagil

rejoice

To rejoice: to be very glad, to leap for joy.

Where else “yagil” appears

The context

14And you make human beings like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler over them.

15 · This verse (above)

16Therefore he sacrifices to his net and offers up in smoke to his dragnet, for by them his portion is rich and his food fat.

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