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Forכִּיthey are likeעַדtangledסְבֻכִיםthornsסִירִיםand likeוּכְdrunkardsסְבוּאִיםwith their drink;סָבְאָםthey will be consumedאֻכְּלוּlike stubbleכְּקַשׁfullyמָלֵאdry.יָבֵשׁ
Nahum 1:10
Study it in the app“For they are like tangled thorns and like drunkards with their drink; they will be consumed like stubble fully dry.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nahum 1:10, word by word
- tangledסְבֻכִיםsevuchim
be entwined
To be intertwined, to be tangled, like roots or branches.
Where else “sevuchim” appears- thornsסִירִיםsirim
thorn
Thorns thrown on the fire under the pot, or hooks for dragging someone away.
Where else “sirim” appears- drunkardsסְבוּאִיםsevuim
drink heavily
Take wine without limit; one always intoxicated.
Where else “sevuim” appears- with their drinkסָבְאָsava
drunkard, strong drink
Drunkard; intoxicating drink.
Where else “sava” appears- they will be consumedאֻכְּלוּuklu
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “uklu” appears- like stubbleקַשׁkash
stubble
Stubble: the dry remains left in the field after the harvest.
Where else “kash” appears- fullyמָלֵאmale
full
Full, complete. "Full silver" is the full price.
Where else “male” appears- dryיָבֵשׁyavesh
dry
Dry.
Where else “yavesh” appears
Translation note
A difficult verse; in Hebrew it is a play on similar sounds (sirim, sevuchim, sove, sevuim).
The context
9What do you devise against YHWH? An extermination he is making; distress will not rise up twice.
10 · This verse (above)
11From you has come out one who devises evil against YHWH, a counselor of perversity.