Nahum 1:15

“Look, 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.”

Nahum 1:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Nahum 1:15, word by word

the mountainsהָרִיםharim

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

Where else “harim” appears
the feetרַגְלֵיragle

foot

The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.

Where else “ragle” appears
of the one who brings good newsמְבַשֵּׂרmevaser

proclaim

To make known the good things God does.

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who makesמַשְׁמִיעַmashmia

hear

To hear a sound, or learn of something.

Where else “mashmia” appears
peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom

peace

Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.

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Celebrateחָגִּיchagi

keep a festival

To rejoice before YHWH on a holy day.

Where else “chagi” appears
Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda

Judah

Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.

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your festivalsחַגַּיִchagayi

festival

Festival in honor of God, with pilgrimage.

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fulfillשַׁלְּמִיshalmi

repay

To settle a debt, give back; keep a vow.

Where else “shalmi” appears
your vowsנְדָרָיִnedarayi

vow

Vow: a solemn promise made to God; also the thing promised.

Where else “nedarayi” appears
the perverse oneבְּלִיַּעַלbeliyaal

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).

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againיוֹסִיףyosif

do again

To do again what had already been done.

Where else “yosif” appears
pass throughעֲבָרavar

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

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cut offנִכְרָתnichrat

cut off

To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.

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Translation note

In the Hebrew, 1:15 is 2:1, and chapter 2 runs one verse behind. Isaiah 52:7 announces the same, and Paul quotes it in Romans 10:15.

The context

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.”

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