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And nowוְעַתָּהI will breakאֶשְׁבֹּרhis yoke barמֹטֵהוּfrom off you,מֵעָלָיִךְand your bondsוּמוֹסְרֹתַיִךְI will tear apart.”אֲנַתֵּק
Nahum 1:13
Study it in the app“And now I will break his yoke bar from off you, and your bonds I will tear apart.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Nahum 1:13, word by word
- I will breakאֶשְׁבֹּרeshbor
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “eshbor” appears- his yoke barמֹטֵmote
carrying pole
Shaft for bearing loads between people; the crossbeam of a yoke.
Where else “mote” appears- and your bondsמוֹסְרֹתַיִmosrotayi
bond, fetter
A bond, a strap that holds; a chain.
Where else “mosrotayi” appears- I will tear apartאֲנַתֵּקanatek
tear off, break
Tear off, break by pulling.
Where else “anatek” appears
The context
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.
13 · This verse (above)
14And YHWH has commanded concerning you: “No more of your name will be sown; from the house of your gods I will cut off the carved image and the cast image; I will make your grave, for you are contemptible.”