And moreover,וְאַף כִּיwineהַיַּיִןbetrays;בּוֹגֵדthe arrogantיָהִירmanגֶּבֶרdoes notוְלֹאremain,יִנְוֶהwhoאֲשֶׁרwidensהִרְחִיבhis throatנַפְשׁוֹlike Sheol,כִּשְׁאוֹלand heוְהוּאis like deathכַמָּוֶתand is notוְלֹאsatisfied,יִשְׂבָּעand he gathersוַיֶּאֱסֹףto himselfאֵלָיוallכָּלthe nationsהַגּוֹיִםand assemblesוַיִּקְבֹּץto himselfאֵלָיוallכָּלthe peoples.הָעַמִּים
Habakkuk 2:5
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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!’