And swifterוְקַלּוּthan leopardsמִנְּמֵרִיםare its horses,סוּסָיוand fiercerוְחַדּוּthan wolvesמִזְּאֵבֵיof the evening;עֶרֶבand its horsemenוּ פָּרָשָׁיוgallop,פָשׁוּand its horsemenוּפָרָשָׁיוcomeיָבֹאוּfrom afar;מֵרָחוֹקthey flyיָעֻפוּlike an eagleכְּנֶשֶׁרhasteningחָשׁto devour.לֶאֱכוֹל
Habakkuk 1:8
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Habakkuk 1:8, word by word
- And swifterקַלּוּkalu
be light
To weigh little or be worth little; to become lighter, or go down.
Where else “kalu” appears- than leopardsנְּמֵרִיםnemerim
leopard
A leopard.
Where else “nemerim” appears- are its horsesסוּסָיsusay
horse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “susay” appears- and fiercerחַדּוּchadu
sharpen
To sharpen; figuratively, to make keen or fierce.
Where else “chadu” appears- than wolvesזְּאֵבֵיzeeve
wolf
Wolf.
Where else “zeeve” appears- of the eveningעֶרֶבerev
evening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “erev” appears- and its horsemenפָּרָשָׁיparashay
horseman
A soldier who fights mounted on a horse.
Where else “parashay” appears- gallopפָשׁוּfashu
gallop
To bound and race like a horse or a calf.
Where else “fashu” appears- comeיָבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- from afarרָחוֹקrachok
far
To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.
Where else “rachok” appears- they flyיָעֻפוּyaufu
fly
To move through the air with wings, like birds and seraphim.
Where else “yaufu” appears- like an eagleנֶשֶׁרnesher
eagle, vulture
Eagle; it may also refer to another large bird of prey, such as the vulture.
Where else “nesher” appears- hasteningחָשׁchash
hurry
To move or act quickly, losing no time.
Where else “chash” appears- to devourאֱכוֹלechol
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “echol” appears
The context
7Terrible and fearsome is it; from itself its justice and its loftiness go forth.
8 · This verse (above)
9All of it comes for violence; the eagerness of their faces is forward, and it gathers captives like the sand.