Habakkuk 1:7

“Terrible and fearsome is it; from itself its justice and its loftiness go forth.”

Habakkuk 1:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Habakkuk 1:7, word by word

Terribleאָיֹםayom

awe-inspiring

Terrible, awe-inspiring.

Where else “ayom” appears
and fearsomeנוֹרָאnora

be fearsome

To be so great or powerful that one inspires awe and respect.

Where else “nora” appears
its justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpat

justice

What is right and fair.

Where else “mishpat” appears
and its loftinessשְׂאֵתseet

majesty

Being raised above, first place; God's greatness.

Where else “seet” appears
go forthיֵצֵאyetse

go out

To go out of a place.

Where else “yetse” appears

The context

6For 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.

7 · This verse (above)

8And swifter than leopards are its horses, and fiercer than wolves of the evening; and its horsemen gallop, and its horsemen come from afar; they fly like an eagle hastening to devour.

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