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The mountainsהָרִיםsaw youרָאוּךָand writhed;יָחִילוּthe downpourזֶרֶםof watersמַיִםpassed by;עָבָרthe deepתְּהוֹםgaveנָתַןits voice;קוֹלוֹon highרוֹםits handsיָדֵיהוּit lifted up.נָשָׂא
Habakkuk 3:10
Study it in the app“The mountains saw you and writhed; the downpour of waters passed by; the deep gave its voice; on high its hands it lifted up.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Habakkuk 3:10, word by word
- The mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- saw youרָאוּrau
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “rau” appears- and writhedיָחִילוּyachilu
writhe
To twist and shudder from sharp pain or from fear.
Where else “yachilu” appears- the downpourזֶרֶםzerem
rainstorm, downpour
A downpour, a heavy rain that falls all at once.
Where else “zerem” appears- of watersמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- passed byעָבָרavar
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avar” appears- the deepתְּהוֹםtehom
the deep
The deep waters: the deep sea, the ocean, and the waters under the earth. In the Hebrew Bible it is not a place of punishment or the place of the dead.
Where else “tehom” appears- gaveנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- its voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- on highרוֹםrom
on high
On high, upward.
Where else “rom” appears- its handsיָדֵיyade
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appears- it lifted upנָשָׂאnasa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “nasa” appears
The context
9Naked is your bow laid bare; oaths are the rods of the word. Selah. With rivers you split the earth.
10 · This verse (above)
11The sun, the moon stood still in their lofty dwelling; at the light of your arrows they go to and fro, at the brightness of the lightning of your spear.