Study it in the app“Why have I seen it? They are dismayed, turning back, and their mighty men are beaten down, and they have fled in flight and do not turn around; terror on every side, declares YHWH.”
Whyמַדּוּעַhave I seen it?רָאִיתִיTheyהֵמָּהare dismayed,חַתִּיםturningנְסֹגִיםback,אָחוֹרand their mighty menוְגִבּוֹרֵיהֶםare beaten down,יֻכַּתּוּand they have fledוּ נָסוּin flightמָנוֹסand do notוְלֹאturn around;הִפְנוּterrorמָגוֹרon every side,מִסָּבִיבdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהוָה
why?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raiti” appearsbe shattered
Broken in pieces, or so afraid that one cannot react.
Where else “chatim” appearsturn back, draw back
To turn back, to draw back: to turn away from a path or from someone.
Where else “nesogim” appearsbehind
The part behind something or someone, the side not seen from the front.
Where else “achor” appearswarrior
A brave warrior, or a capable man.
Where else “gibore” appearscrush
To beat something to pieces.
Where else “yukatu” appearsflee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “nasu” appearsflight
To run away from a danger to save oneself.
Where else “manos” appearsturn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “hifnu” appearsterror
Terror: fear that surrounds someone on every side.
Where else “magor” appearsaround
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appearsdeclaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears4Harness the horses, and mount, horsemen! Take your stand in helmets! Polish the spears! Put on the armor!
5 · This verse (above)
6Let not the swift flee, nor the mighty man escape! Northward, by the bank of the river Euphrates, they have stumbled and fallen.
