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The gatesשַׁעֲרֵיof the riversהַנְּהָרוֹתare opened,נִפְתָּחוּand the palaceוְהַהֵיכָלmelts.נָמוֹג
Nahum 2:6
Study it in the app“The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace melts.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nahum 2:6, word by word
- The gatesשַׁעֲרֵיshaare
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaare” appears- of the riversנְּהָרוֹתneharot
river
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “neharot” appears- are openedנִפְתָּחוּniftachu
open
To open a door, mouth or eyes.
Where else “niftachu” appears- and the palaceהֵיכָלhechal
palace
A king's palace.
Where else “hechal” appears- meltsנָמוֹגnamog
soften
To dissolve or soften, like the ground with rain or the earth before YHWH.
Where else “namog” appears
The context
5He remembers his nobles; they stumble in their march; they hurry to her wall, and the covering shield is set up.
6 · This verse (above)
7And it is decided: she is stripped, she is carried up, and her slave women moan like the sound of doves, beating on their hearts.