4
In the streetsבַּחוּצוֹתthe chariotsהָרֶכֶבgo mad,יִתְהוֹלְלוּthey jostle one anotherיִשְׁתַּקְשְׁקוּןin the squares;בָּרְחֹבוֹתtheir appearanceמַרְאֵיהֶןis like torches,כַּלַּפִּידִםlike lightning flashesכַּבְּרָקִיםthey run.יְרוֹצֵצוּ
Nahum 2:4
Study it in the app“In the streets the chariots go mad, they jostle one another in the squares; their appearance is like torches, like lightning flashes they run.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nahum 2:4, word by word
- In the streetsחוּצוֹתchutsot
street
The ways and squares between the houses, where people go about.
Where else “chutsot” appears- the chariotsרֶכֶבrechev
chariot
War chariots.
Where else “rechev” appears- go madיִתְהוֹלְלוּyithollu
go mad
To lose one's reason and behave without control, like a madman.
Where else “yithollu” appears- they jostle one anotherיִשְׁתַּקְשְׁקוּyishtakshku
rush about; long eagerly
To run back and forth eagerly, like an animal seeking its prey; from this, to desire greedily.
Where else “yishtakshku” appears- in the squaresרְחֹבוֹתrechovot
square
Square: the open space of a town.
Where else “rechovot” appears- their appearanceמַרְאֵיmare
appearance
The appearance of someone or something: how it looks, beautiful or ugly.
Where else “mare” appears- is like torchesלַּפִּידִםlapidim
torch, flame
Torch, flame; also lightning.
Where else “lapidim” appears- like lightning flashesבְּרָקִיםberakim
lightning
The sudden light that flashes across the sky in a storm.
Where else “berakim” appears- they runיְרוֹצֵצוּyerotsetsu
run
To move quickly on foot, at a run.
Where else “yerotsetsu” appears
The context
3The shield of his mighty men is reddened, the men of valor clothed in scarlet; in the fire of steel are the chariots on the day he prepares them, and the cypresses are shaken.
4 · This verse (above)
5He remembers his nobles; they stumble in their march; they hurry to her wall, and the covering shield is set up.