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And Ninevehוְנִינְוֵהhas been like a poolכִבְרֵכַתof waterמַיִםfrom her days,מִימֵי הִיאand theyוְהֵמָּהare fleeing.נָסִים“Stop,עִמְדוּstop,”עֲמֹדוּbut there is no oneוְאֵיןwho turns back.מַפְנֶה
Nahum 2:8
Study it in the app“And Nineveh has been like a pool of water from her days, and they are fleeing. “Stop, stop,” but there is no one who turns back.”
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Nahum 2:8, word by word
- And Ninevehנִינְוֵהninve
Nineveh
See it on the mapWhere else “ninve” appears- has been like a poolבְרֵכַתverechat
pool
Pool: a man-made reservoir of water.
Where else “verechat” appears- of waterמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- from her daysימֵיyme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” appears- are fleeingנָסִיםnasim
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “nasim” appears- “Stopעִמְדוּimdu
stop
To halt, cease doing something.
Where else “imdu” appears- who turns backמַפְנֶהmafne
turn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “mafne” appears
Places in this verse
Nineveh
Today: Nineveh ruins, beside Mosul, Iraq
An Assyrian city on the Tigris River in northern Iraq today, across from present-day Mosul.
Jonah preached there, and the city turned from its evil way (Jonah 3:3-10). Nahum later announced its fall (Nah 1:1).
The context
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.
8 · This verse (above)
9Plunder the silver, plunder the gold; there is no end to the supply, wealth of every precious object.