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Nakedעֶרְיָהis your bowקַשְׁתֶּךָlaid bare;תֵעוֹרoathsשְׁבֻעוֹתare the rodsמַטּוֹתof the word.אֹמֶרSelah.סֶלָהWith riversנְהָרוֹתyou splitתְּבַקַּעthe earth.אָרֶץ
Habakkuk 3:9
Study it in the app“Naked is your bow laid bare; oaths are the rods of the word. Selah. With rivers you split the earth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Habakkuk 3:9, word by word
- Nakedעֶרְיָהerya
nakedness, bareness
Nakedness, being uncovered or laid bare.
Where else “erya” appears- is your bowקַשְׁתֶּkashte
bow
A curved wooden weapon with a string, which shoots arrows.
Where else “kashte” appears- laid bareתֵעוֹרteor
be laid bare
To be laid bare, stripped, uncovered.
Where else “teor” appears- oathsשְׁבֻעוֹתshevuot
oath
Oath: a solemn promise sworn in someone's name.
Where else “shevuot” appears- are the rodsמַטּוֹתmatot
staff
A straight stick used for support, as a weapon or as a sign of authority.
Where else “matot” appears- of the wordאֹמֶרomer
saying, word
A saying, a word; something said or decided.
Where else “omer” appears- Selahסֶלָהsela
Selah
Selah: a word found at the end of some stanzas of the psalms. It is probably a direction for the music or a pause; its exact sense is unknown, so it is left in Hebrew.
Where else “sela” appears- With riversנְהָרוֹתneharot
river
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “neharot” appears- you splitתְּבַקַּעtevaka
split
To cleave something in two, like wood or the sea.
Where else “tevaka” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
Translation note
A very difficult verse in Hebrew; “oaths [are] the rods of the word” has been translated word for word.
The context
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?
9 · This verse (above)
10The mountains saw you and writhed; the downpour of waters passed by; the deep gave its voice; on high its hands it lifted up.