I heard,שָׁמַעְתִּיand my inward partsוַ בִּטְנִיtrembled;תִּרְגַּזat the soundלְקוֹלmy lipsשְׂפָתַיquivered;צָלֲלוּrotרָקָבentersיָבוֹאinto my bones,בַּעֲצָמַיand beneath meוְתַחְתַּיI tremble,אֶרְגָּזthatאֲשֶׁרI may restאָנוּחַon the dayלְיוֹםof distress,צָרָהwhen the one who attacks itיְגוּדֶנּוּcomes upלַעֲלוֹתagainst the people.לְעַם
Habakkuk 3:16
Study it in the app“I heard, and my inward parts trembled; at the sound my lips quivered; rot enters into my bones, and beneath me I tremble, that I may rest on the day of distress, when the one who attacks it comes up against the people.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Habakkuk 3:16, word by word
- I heardשָׁמַעְתִּיshamati
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamati” appears- and my inward partsבִּטְנִbitni
belly
The belly; also one's innermost part.
Where else “bitni” appears- trembledתִּרְגַּזtirgaz
tremble
For the body or the earth to shake from fear, pain or a very great force.
Where else “tirgaz” appears- at the soundקוֹלkol
sound
What is heard: a noise, a sound or a din.
Where else “kol” appears- my lipsשְׂפָתַsefata
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefata” appears- quiveredצָלֲלוּtsalalu
tingle
Tingle, ring: the sound left in the ears on hearing something that makes one shudder; also quiver (of lips).
Where else “tsalalu” appears- rotרָקָבrakav
rottenness
Rottenness, something decayed or worm-eaten.
Where else “rakav” appears- entersיָבוֹאyavo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavo” appears- into my bonesעֲצָמַatsama
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsama” appears- I may restאָנוּחַanuach
rest
To stay still and settle in a place.
Where else “anuach” appears- on the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- of distressצָרָהtsara
distress
A time of hardship or danger.
Where else “tsara” appears- when the one who attacks itיְגוּדֶyegude
attack, raid
Attack, raid; press upon someone.
Where else “yegude” appears- comes upעֲלוֹתalot
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alot” appears- against the peopleעַםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
The context
15You trod the sea with your horses, the surge of many waters.
16 · This verse (above)
17Though the fig tree does not blossom, and there is no yield on the vines, the work of the olive lies, and the fields do not produce food, the flock is cut off from the fold, and there are no cattle in the stalls,