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Forכִּיlook, Iהִנְנִיam raising upמֵקִיםthe Chaldeans,הַכַּשְׂדִּיםthat bitterהַ הַמַּרand hastyוְהַנִּמְהָרnation,גּוֹיwhich marchesהַהוֹלֵךְthrough the breadthלְמֶרְחֲבֵיof the earthאֶרֶץto possessלָרֶשֶׁתdwellingsמִשְׁכָּנוֹתnotלֹּאits own.לוֹ
Habakkuk 1:6
Study it in the app“For look, I am raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which marches through the breadth of the earth to possess dwellings not its own.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Habakkuk 1:6, word by word
- am raising upמֵקִיםmekim
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “mekim” appears- the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkasdim
Chaldean
The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.
Where else “kasdim” appears- that bitterמַּרmar
bitterness
Deep pain of soul, or the cruelty that causes it.
Where else “mar” appears- and hastyנִּמְהָרnimhar
rush
To act without thinking in haste, or be swept along by fear.
Where else “nimhar” appears- nationגּוֹיgoy
nation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appears- which marchesהוֹלֵךְholech
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holech” appears- through the breadthמֶרְחֲבֵיmerchave
broad place
A spacious, wide, open place: the opposite of narrowness and distress. An image of freedom and relief.
Where else “merchave” appears- of the earthאֶרֶץerets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “erets” appears- to possessרֶשֶׁתreshet
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “reshet” appears- dwellingsמִשְׁכָּנוֹתmishkanot
home
The house or place where someone lives.
Where else “mishkanot” appears
The context
5“Look among the nations, and observe, and be astonished, be astonished; for a work I am working in your days that you would not believe if it were told.
6 · This verse (above)
7Terrible and fearsome is it; from itself its justice and its loftiness go forth.