Habakkuk 3:6

“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.”

Habakkuk 3:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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