He standsעָמַדand shakesוַיְמֹדֶדthe earth;אֶרֶץhe looksרָאָהand makes leapוַיַּתֵּרthe nations;גּוֹיִםand the perpetualעַדmountainsהַרְרֵיare shattered,וַיִּתְפֹּצְצוּthe eternalעוֹלָםhillsגִּבְעוֹתsink down;שַׁחוּthe eternalעוֹלָםwaysהֲלִיכוֹתare his.לוֹ
Habakkuk 3:6
Study it in the app“He 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Habakkuk 3:6, word by word
- He standsעָמַדamad
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amad” appears- and shakesיְמֹדֶדyemoded
shake
To shake, make tremble.
Where else “yemoded” appears- the earthאֶרֶץerets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “erets” appears- he looksרָאָהraa
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raa” appears- and makes leapיַּתֵּרyater
leap
To leap or shudder suddenly, from fear or awe.
Where else “yater” appears- the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- and the perpetualעַדad
forever
Time that does not end, without limit of years.
Where else “ad” appears- mountainsהַרְרֵיharre
mountain
Mount, mountain (a poetic form).
Where else “harre” appears- are shatteredיִּתְפֹּצְצוּyitpotstsu
shatter
To break something hard into pieces.
Where else “yitpotstsu” appears- the eternalעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- hillsגִּבְעוֹתgivot
hill
Hill.
Where else “givot” appears- sink downשַׁחוּshachu
be brought low
To be brought low: the proud are humbled and the grieving feel crushed.
Where else “shachu” appears- waysהֲלִיכוֹתhalichot
procession, caravan
A going, a march; hence, a company, a group of travelers or a caravan.
Where else “halichot” appears
The context
5Before him goes pestilence, and burning flame goes out behind his feet.
6 · This verse (above)
7Under affliction I saw the tents of Cushan; the curtains of the land of Midian tremble.