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Forכִּיthe earthהָאָרֶץwill be filledתִּמָּלֵאwith the knowledgeלָדַעַתof the gloryאֶת כְּבוֹדof YHWH,יְהוָהas the watersכַּמַּיִםcoverיְכַסּוּthe sea.עַל יָם
Habakkuk 2:14
Study it in the app“For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of YHWH, as the waters cover the sea.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Habakkuk 2:14, word by word
- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- will be filledתִּמָּלֵאtimale
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “timale” appears- with the knowledgeדַעַתdaat
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “daat” appears- of the gloryכְּבוֹדkevod
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “kevod” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- as the watersמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- coverיְכַסּוּyechasu
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “yechasu” appears- the seaיָםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears
The context
13Is it not, look, from YHWH Tsevaot that peoples labor for the fire, and nations grow weary for nothing?
14 · This verse (above)
15Woe to the one who gives his neighbor drink, mixing in your fury, and even making him drunk, in order to look on their nakedness!