Habakkuk 2:5

“And moreover, wine betrays; the arrogant man does not remain, who widens his throat like Sheol, and he is like death and is not satisfied, and he gathers to himself all the nations and assembles to himself all the peoples.”

Habakkuk 2:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Habakkuk 2:5, word by word

wineיַּיִןyayin

wine

Wine; also drunkenness.

Where else “yayin” appears
betraysבּוֹגֵדboged

act treacherously

Be unfaithful: break one's word or someone's trust.

Where else “boged” appears
the arrogantיָהִירyahir

arrogant, haughty

Arrogant, haughty; one who thinks himself more than others.

Where else “yahir” appears
manגֶּבֶרgever

man

Man, a grown man in his strength.

Where else “gever” appears
remainיִנְוֶהyinve

remain

To stay quiet in one's place without leaving; to last.

Where else “yinve” appears
widensהִרְחִיבhirchiv

make room, enlarge

Make wide, give ample room; enlarge.

Where else “hirchiv” appears
his throatנַפְשׁnafsh

appetite

Hunger or craving; the throat.

Where else “nafsh” appears
like Sheolשְׁאוֹלsheol

Sheol

Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.

Where else “sheol” appears
is like deathמָּוֶתmavet

death

The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.

Where else “mavet” appears
satisfiedיִשְׂבָּעyisba

be satisfied

To eat until one wants no more.

Where else “yisba” appears
and he gathersיֶּאֱסֹףyeesof

assemble

To bring people together in one place.

Where else “yeesof” appears
the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

Where else “goyim” appears
and assemblesיִּקְבֹּץyikbots

gather

To bring people to one place, or to come together there.

Where else “yikbots” appears
the peoplesעַמִּיםamim

people

A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.

Where else “amim” appears

The context

4Look, the one who is puffed up, his soul is not upright in him; but the righteous by his faithfulness will live.

5 · This verse (above)

6Will not all these take up against him a poem, and a figurative saying, riddles against him? And one will say, ‘Woe to the one who multiplies what is not his! How long? And to the one who loads upon himself pledges!’

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