Nahum 2:10

“Empty, and emptied, and devastated; and the heart melts, and the knees totter, and trembling is in every waist, and the faces of all of them grow pale.”

Nahum 2:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Nahum 2:10, word by word

Emptyבּוּקָהbuka

empty

Empty, desolate.

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and emptiedמְבוּקָהmevuka

emptiness

Emptiness, what is left empty and plundered.

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and devastatedמְבֻלָּקָהmevulaka

lay waste

To lay waste, to empty something completely.

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and the heartלֵבlev

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.

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meltsנָמֵסnames

lose heart

To lose courage and strength from fear, as if the heart melted.

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and the kneesבִּרְכַּיִםbirkayim

knee

Knee.

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totterפִקfik

tottering

Tottering, the giving way of knees that shake with fear.

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and tremblingחַלְחָלָהchalchala

anguish, writhing

Anguish, writhing as of a woman in labor.

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waistמָתְנַיִםmatnayim

waist, loins

Waist, loins.

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and the facesפְנֵיfene

face

The front of the head, of someone or of God.

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grow paleקִבְּצוּkibtsu

General meaning: Gather.

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grow paleפָארוּרfarur

glow, flush

A glow of the face; it can mean the face's color draining away in fear.

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The context

9Plunder the silver, plunder the gold; there is no end to the supply, wealth of every precious object.

10 · This verse (above)

11Where is the den of the lions and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion walked, the lioness, there the lion’s cub, and there was no one to make them afraid?

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