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ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָה“Thoughאִםthey are intactשְׁלֵמִיםand likewiseוְכֵןmany,רַבִּיםeven soוְכֵןthey will be cut offנָגֹזּוּand pass away.וְעָבָרAnd though I have afflicted you,וְעִנִּתִךְI will notלֹאafflict youאֲעַנֵּךְanymore.עוֹד
Nahum 1:12
Study it in the app“Thus 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nahum 1:12, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” 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- they are intactשְׁלֵמִיםshelemim
whole
With nothing missing or amiss; whole, exact.
Where else “shelemim” appears- manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- they will be cut offנָגֹזּוּnagozu
shave
To cut one's hair; or be destroyed.
Where else “nagozu” appears- and pass awayעָבָרavar
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avar” appears- And though I have afflicted youעִנִּתִiniti
afflict
To make suffer, oppress.
Where else “initi” appears
The context
11From you has come out one who devises evil against YHWH, a counselor of perversity.
12 · This verse (above)
13And now I will break his yoke bar from off you, and your bonds I will tear apart.”