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You have counseledיָעַצְתָּshameבֹּשֶׁתfor your house,לְבֵיתֶךָmaking an end ofקְצוֹתmanyרַבִּיםpeoples,עַמִּיםand you are sinningוְחוֹטֵאagainst your soul.נַפְשֶׁךָ
Habakkuk 2:10
Study it in the app“You have counseled shame for your house, making an end of many peoples, and you are sinning against your soul.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Habakkuk 2:10, word by word
- You have counseledיָעַצְתָּyaatsta
plan
To form a plan in the mind and resolve to carry it out.
Where else “yaatsta” appears- shameבֹּשֶׁתboshet
shame
The shame one suffers, or what causes it.
Where else “boshet” appears- for your houseבֵיתֶvete
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vete” appears- making an end ofקְצוֹתketsot
cut off
To take a piece off something; to make it smaller and smaller.
Where else “ketsot” appears- manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- peoplesעַמִּיםamim
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “amim” appears- and you are sinningחוֹטֵאchote
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chote” appears- against your soulנַפְשֶׁnafshe
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshe” appears
The context
9Woe to the one who gains evil gain for his house, to set on high his nest, to be delivered from the hand of evil!
10 · This verse (above)
11For the stone from the wall will cry out, and the beam from the woodwork will answer it.