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Whatמַהdo you deviseתְּחַשְּׁבוּןagainstאֶלYHWH?יְהוָהAn exterminationכָּלָהheהוּאis making;עֹשֶׂהdistressצָרָהwill notלֹאrise upתָקוּםtwice.פַּעֲמַיִם
Nahum 1:9
Study it in the app“What do you devise against YHWH? An extermination he is making; distress will not rise up twice.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nahum 1:9, word by word
- do you deviseתְּחַשְּׁבוּtechashvu
devise
To devise a plan or a design, good or bad.
Where else “techashvu” 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- An exterminationכָּלָהkala
extermination
A complete destruction that leaves nothing.
Where else “kala” appears- is makingעֹשֶׂהose
make
To build or create something.
Where else “ose” appears- distressצָרָהtsara
distress
A time of hardship or danger.
Where else “tsara” appears- rise upתָקוּםtakum
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “takum” appears- twiceפַּעֲמַיִםpaamayim
time
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “paamayim” appears
The context
8But with a flood that passes over he will make an extermination of her place, and his enemies he will pursue into darkness.
9 · This verse (above)
10For they are like tangled thorns and like drunkards with their drink; they will be consumed like stubble fully dry.