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Under afflictionתַּחַת אָוֶןI sawרָאִיתִיthe tentsאָהֳלֵיof Cushan;כוּשָׁןthe curtainsיְרִיעוֹתof the landאֶרֶץof Midianמִדְיָןtremble.יִרְגְּזוּן
Habakkuk 3:7
Study it in the app“Under affliction I saw the tents of Cushan; the curtains of the land of Midian tremble.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Habakkuk 3:7, word by word
- Under afflictionאָוֶןaven
distress
The evil one suffers, distress.
Where else “aven” appears- I sawרָאִיתִיraiti
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raiti” appears- the tentsאָהֳלֵיahole
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ahole” appears- of Cushanכוּשָׁןchushan
Cushan
Cushan, a desert people or region, a neighbor of Midian.
Where else “chushan” appears- the curtainsיְרִיעוֹתyeriot
curtain
Curtain: a large piece of cloth or of goats' hair from which a tent is made.
Where else “yeriot” appears- of the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Midianמִדְיָןmidyan
Midian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” appears- trembleיִרְגְּזוּyirgzu
tremble
For the body or the earth to shake from fear, pain or a very great force.
Where else “yirgzu” appears
Places in this verse
Midian ?
Today: northwest Saudi Arabia, southern Jordan; debated
A region east of the Gulf of Aqaba, in what is now northwest Saudi Arabia; its borders are not certain.
Moses fled to Midian, married there and tended sheep (Exod 2:15-21). Centuries later the Midianites oppressed Israel until Gideon defeated them (Judg 6:1; 7:21).
The context
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.
7 · This verse (above)
8Against the rivers was YHWH incensed? Or against the rivers was your anger? Or against the sea your wrath, when you rode on your horses, your chariots of salvation?