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Woeהוֹיto the one who gives his neighbor drink,מַשְׁקֵה רֵעֵהוּmixing inמְסַפֵּחַyour fury,חֲמָתְךָand evenוְאַףmaking him drunk,שַׁכֵּרin orderלְמַעַןto lookהַבִּיטonעַלtheir nakedness!מְעוֹרֵיהֶם
Habakkuk 2:15
Study it in the app“Woe to the one who gives his neighbor drink, mixing in your fury, and even making him drunk, in order to look on their nakedness!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Habakkuk 2:15, word by word
- Woeהוֹיhoy
woe
A cry of grief for the dead or a warning of disaster.
Where else “hoy” appears- to the one who gives his neighbor drinkמַשְׁקֵהmashke
give drink
To give water or another liquid to people or animals.
Where else “mashke” appears- to the one who gives his neighbor drinkרֵעֵree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears- mixing inמְסַפֵּחַmesapeach
join
Become part of a group; put one thing into another.
Where else “mesapeach” appears- your furyחֲמָתְchamat
fury
Anger that burns and is poured out on another.
Where else “chamat” appears- making him drunkשַׁכֵּרshaker
make drunk
To make another drunk.
Where else “shaker” appears- to lookהַבִּיטhabit
look
Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.
Where else “habit” appears- their nakednessמְעוֹרֵיmeore
nakedness
Nakedness, the parts of the body covered out of modesty.
Where else “meore” appears
The context
14For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of YHWH, as the waters cover the sea.
15 · This verse (above)
16You are filled with dishonor rather than glory; drink you too, and show yourself uncircumcised; the cup of the right hand of YHWH will come around to you, and disgrace will be on your glory.