Habakkuk 3:13

“You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed; you shattered the head of the house of the wicked, laying bare the foundation up to the neck. Selah.”

Habakkuk 3:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Habakkuk 3:13, word by word

You went outיָצָאתָyatsata

go out

To go out of a place.

Where else “yatsata” appears
for the salvationיֵשַׁעyesha

salvation, deliverance

Salvation, deliverance; the safety and well-being of one who has been rescued. From the same root as "save."

Where else “yesha” appears
of your peopleעַמֶּame

Ammi

Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".

Where else “ame” appears
of your anointedמְשִׁיחֶmeshiche

anointed

Anointed: someone on whom oil has been poured to set him apart for a task from God (priest, king). In Hebrew it is "mashiach", from which "Messiah" comes; in Greek, "Christ".

Where else “meshiche” appears
you shatteredמָחַצְתָּmachatsta

shatter, crush

Shatter: strike hard until it breaks or is crushed.

Where else “machatsta” appears
the headרֹּאשׁrosh

head

The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.

Where else “rosh” appears
of the houseבֵּיתbet

dynasty

Someone's descendants: "the house of David".

Where else “bet” appears
of the wickedרָשָׁעrasha

wicked

One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.

Where else “rasha” appears
laying bareעָרוֹתarot

lay bare

To strip what covers something and leave it in view, or to tear it down to its base.

Where else “arot” appears
the foundationיְסוֹדyesod

base, foundation

Base, foundation.

Where else “yesod” appears
the neckצַוָּארtsavar

neck

The neck.

Where else “tsavar” appears
Selahסֶלָהsela

Selah

Selah: a word found at the end of some stanzas of the psalms. It is probably a direction for the music or a pause; its exact sense is unknown, so it is left in Hebrew.

Where else “sela” appears

The context

12In indignation you march through the earth; in anger you thresh the nations.

13 · This verse (above)

14You pierced with his rods the head of his warriors; they stormed to scatter me; their exultation was as to devour the poor in the hiding place.

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