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From youמִמֵּךְhas come outיָצָאone who devisesחֹשֵׁבevilרָעָהagainstעַלYHWH,יְהוָהa counselorיֹעֵץof perversity.בְּלִיָּעַל
Nahum 1:11
Study it in the app“From you has come out one who devises evil against YHWH, a counselor of perversity.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nahum 1:11, word by word
- has come outיָצָאyatsa
set out
To set out somewhere, or go out to war.
Where else “yatsa” appears- one who devisesחֹשֵׁבchoshev
devise
To devise a plan or a design, good or bad.
Where else “choshev” appears- evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- a counselorיֹעֵץyoets
counselor
A trusted person who gives the king or a leader his opinion.
Where else “yoets” appears- of perversityבְּלִיָּעַלbeliyaal
worthlessness, wickedness
Worthlessness, a thing of no value: "sons of belial" are worthless people who do evil. Later it was used as a name for the evil one (2 Corinthians 6:15).
Where else “beliyaal” appears
The context
10For they are like tangled thorns and like drunkards with their drink; they will be consumed like stubble fully dry.
11 · This verse (above)
12Thus says YHWH: “Though they are intact and likewise many, even so they will be cut off and pass away. And though I have afflicted you, I will not afflict you anymore.