Becauseכִּיyouאַתָּהhave plunderedשַׁלּוֹתָmanyרַבִּיםnations,גּוֹיִםallכָּלthe restיֶתֶרof the peoplesעַמִּיםwill plunder you,יְשָׁלּוּךָfor the bloodמִדְּמֵיof human beingsאָדָםand violenceוַחֲמַסdone to the land,אֶרֶץto the city,קִרְיָהand to allוְכָלwho dwellיֹשְׁבֵיin it.בָהּ
Habakkuk 2:8
Study it in the app“Because you have plundered many nations, all the rest of the peoples will plunder you, for the blood of human beings and violence done to the land, to the city, and to all who dwell in it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Habakkuk 2:8, word by word
- have plunderedשַׁלּוֹתָshalota
plunder
To strip the defeated of their goods.
Where else “shalota” appears- manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- the restיֶתֶרyeter
rest
What remains after what has been said or done, like a king's other deeds.
Where else “yeter” appears- of the peoplesעַמִּיםamim
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “amim” appears- for the bloodדְּמֵיdeme
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “deme” appears- of human beingsאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- and violenceחֲמַסchamas
violence
Violence; unjust harm done to others.
Where else “chamas” appears- done to the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- to the cityקִרְיָהkirya
town, city
Town: a poetic way of saying "city."
Where else “kirya” appears- who dwellיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears
The context
7Will not suddenly rise up those who bite you, and awake those who shake you, and you will be spoil for them?
8 · This verse (above)
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!