Habakkuk 1:8

“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.”

Habakkuk 1:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Habakkuk 1:8, word by word

And swifterקַלּוּkalu

be light

To weigh little or be worth little; to become lighter, or go down.

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than leopardsנְּמֵרִיםnemerim

leopard

A leopard.

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are its horsesסוּסָיsusay

horse

A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.

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and fiercerחַדּוּchadu

sharpen

To sharpen; figuratively, to make keen or fierce.

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than wolvesזְּאֵבֵיzeeve

wolf

Wolf.

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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.

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and its horsemenפָּרָשָׁיparashay

horseman

A soldier who fights mounted on a horse.

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gallopפָשׁוּfashu

gallop

To bound and race like a horse or a calf.

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comeיָבֹאוּyavou

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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from afarרָחוֹקrachok

far

To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.

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they flyיָעֻפוּyaufu

fly

To move through the air with wings, like birds and seraphim.

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like an eagleנֶשֶׁרnesher

eagle, vulture

Eagle; it may also refer to another large bird of prey, such as the vulture.

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hasteningחָשׁchash

hurry

To move or act quickly, losing no time.

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to devourאֱכוֹלechol

devour

Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.

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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.

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