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All of itכֻּלֹּהcomesיָבוֹאfor violence;לְחָמָסthe eagernessמְגַמַּתof their facesפְּנֵיהֶםis forward,קָדִימָהand it gathersוַיֶּאֱסֹףcaptivesשֶׁבִיlike the sand.כַּחוֹל
Habakkuk 1:9
Study it in the app“All of it comes for violence; the eagerness of their faces is forward, and it gathers captives like the sand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Habakkuk 1:9, word by word
- comesיָבוֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- for violenceחָמָסchamas
violence
Violence; unjust harm done to others.
Where else “chamas” appears- the eagernessמְגַמַּתmegamat
eagerness, direction
An eager push forward; the direction something drives toward. It occurs only once.
Where else “megamat” appears- of their facesפְּנֵיpene
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pene” appears- is forwardקָדִימָkadima
east
The direction where the sun rises.
Where else “kadima” appears- and it gathersיֶּאֱסֹףyeesof
assemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “yeesof” appears- captivesשֶׁבִיshevi
captive, captivity
Captive, prisoner; captivity.
Where else “shevi” appears- like the sandחוֹלchol
sand
Sand.
Where else “chol” appears
Translation note
“Forward”: it can also be understood as “like the east wind.”
The context
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.
9 · This verse (above)
10And it scoffs at kings, and dignitaries are a laughingstock to it; it laughs at every fortress, and heaps up dirt and captures it.