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Before himלְפָנָיוgoesיֵלֶךְpestilence,דָּבֶרand burning flameרֶשֶׁףgoes outוְיֵצֵאbehind his feet.לְרַגְלָיו
Habakkuk 3:5
Study it in the app“Before him goes pestilence, and burning flame goes out behind his feet.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Habakkuk 3:5, word by word
- Before himפָנָיfanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appears- goesיֵלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- pestilenceדָּבֶרdaver
plague, pestilence
Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.
Where else “daver” appears- and burning flameרֶשֶׁףreshef
flame, burning fever
Flame, burning fever; also lightning or a live coal.
Where else “reshef” appears- goes outיֵצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- behind his feetרַגְלָיraglay
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “raglay” appears
The context
4And his brightness is like the light; rays from his hand are his, and there is the hiding place of his strength.
5 · This verse (above)
6He stands and shakes the earth; he looks and makes leap the nations; and the perpetual mountains are shattered, the eternal hills sink down; the eternal ways are his.