Look,הִנֵּהonעַלthe mountainsהֶהָרִיםthe feetרַגְלֵיof the one who brings good news,מְבַשֵּׂרwho makesמַשְׁמִיעַpeaceשָׁלוֹםheard!מַשְׁמִיעַCelebrate,חָגִּיJudah,יְהוּדָהyour festivals;חַגַּיִךְfulfillשַׁלְּמִיyour vows;נְדָרָיִךְforכִּיthe perverse oneבְּלִיַּעַלwill notלֹאagainיוֹסִיף עוֹדpass throughלַעֲבָרyou;בָּךְhe is entirelyכֻּלֹּהcut off.נִכְרָת
Nahum 1:15
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “mevaser” appears- who makesמַשְׁמִיעַmashmia
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “mashmia” appears- peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears- 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.
Where else “yehuda” appears- your festivalsחַגַּיִchagayi
festival
Festival in honor of God, with pilgrimage.
Where else “chagayi” appears- 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).
Where else “beliyaal” appears- 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.
Where else “avar” appears- cut offנִכְרָתnichrat
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “nichrat” appears
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.”
15 · This verse (above)