Habakkuk 3:16

“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.”

Habakkuk 3:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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.

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quiveredצָלֲלוּtsalalu

tingle

Tingle, ring: the sound left in the ears on hearing something that makes one shudder; also quiver (of lips).

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rotרָקָבrakav

rottenness

Rottenness, something decayed or worm-eaten.

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entersיָבוֹאyavo

enter

To go into a place.

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into my bonesעֲצָמַatsama

bone

Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.

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I may restאָנוּחַanuach

rest

To stay still and settle in a place.

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on the dayיוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

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of distressצָרָהtsara

distress

A time of hardship or danger.

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when the one who attacks itיְגוּדֶyegude

attack, raid

Attack, raid; press upon someone.

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comes upעֲלוֹתalot

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

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against the peopleעַםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

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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,

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