Empty,בּוּקָהand emptied,וּמְבוּקָהand devastated;וּמְבֻלָּקָהand the heartוְלֵבmelts,נָמֵסand the kneesבִּרְכַּיִםtotter,וּפִקand tremblingוְחַלְחָלָהis in everyבְּכָלwaist,מָתְנַיִםand the facesוּפְנֵיof all of themכֻלָּםgrow pale.קִבְּצוּ פָארוּר
Nahum 2:10
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nahum 2:10, word by word
- Emptyבּוּקָהbuka
empty
Empty, desolate.
Where else “buka” appears- and emptiedמְבוּקָהmevuka
emptiness
Emptiness, what is left empty and plundered.
Where else “mevuka” appears- and devastatedמְבֻלָּקָהmevulaka
lay waste
To lay waste, to empty something completely.
Where else “mevulaka” appears- and the heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- meltsנָמֵסnames
lose heart
To lose courage and strength from fear, as if the heart melted.
Where else “names” appears- and the kneesבִּרְכַּיִםbirkayim
knee
Knee.
Where else “birkayim” appears- totterפִקfik
tottering
Tottering, the giving way of knees that shake with fear.
Where else “fik” appears- and tremblingחַלְחָלָהchalchala
anguish, writhing
Anguish, writhing as of a woman in labor.
Where else “chalchala” appears- waistמָתְנַיִםmatnayim
waist, loins
Waist, loins.
Where else “matnayim” appears- and the facesפְנֵיfene
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fene” appears- grow paleקִבְּצוּkibtsu
General meaning: Gather.
Where else “kibtsu” appears- grow paleפָארוּרfarur
glow, flush
A glow of the face; it can mean the face's color draining away in fear.
Where else “farur” appears
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?