And YHWHוְ יְהוָהhas commandedצִוָּהconcerning you:עָלֶיךָ“No moreלֹא עוֹדof your nameמִשִּׁמְךָwill be sown;יִזָּרַעfrom the houseמִבֵּיתof your godsאֱלֹהֶיךָI will cut offאַכְרִיתthe carved imageפֶּסֶלand the cast image;וּמַסֵּכָהI will makeאָשִׂיםyour grave,קִבְרֶךָforכִּיyou are contemptible.”קַלּוֹתָ
Nahum 1:14
Study it in the app“And 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Nahum 1:14, word by word
- And 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- has commandedצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears- of your nameשִּׁמְshim
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shim” appears- will be sownיִזָּרַעyizara
sow
To put seed in the ground.
Where else “yizara” appears- from the houseבֵּיתbet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appears- of your godsאֱלֹהֶיelohe
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohe” appears- I will cut offאַכְרִיתachrit
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “achrit” appears- the carved imageפֶּסֶלpesel
carved image
Carved image: a figure of a god made of wood or stone.
Where else “pesel” appears- and the cast imageמַסֵּכָהmasecha
cast image
An idol made of melted metal.
Where else “masecha” appears- I will makeאָשִׂיםasim
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “asim” appears- your graveקִבְרֶkivre
tomb
Tomb, grave.
Where else “kivre” appears- you are contemptibleקַלּוֹתָkalota
be light
To weigh little or be worth little; to become lighter, or go down.
Where else “kalota” appears
The context
13And now I will break his yoke bar from off you, and your bonds I will tear apart.”
14 · This verse (above)
15Look, on the mountains the feet of the one who brings good news, who makes peace heard! Celebrate, Judah, your festivals; fulfill your vows; for the perverse one will not again pass through you; he is entirely cut off.