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Drawשַׁאֲבִיwaterמֵיfor the siegeמָצוֹרfor yourself;לָךְstrengthenחַזְּקִיyour fortresses;מִבְצָרָיִךְgoבֹּאִיinto the mudבַטִּיטand treadוְרִמְסִיthe clay;בַחֹמֶרtake hold ofהַחֲזִיקִיthe brick mold.מַלְבֵּן
Nahum 3:14
Study it in the app“Draw water for the siege for yourself; strengthen your fortresses; go into the mud and tread the clay; take hold of the brick mold.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nahum 3:14, word by word
- Drawשַׁאֲבִיshaavi
draw water
Draw water from a well.
Where else “shaavi” appears- waterמֵיme
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “me” appears- for the siegeמָצוֹרmatsor
siege
Surrounding a city with an army to take it; the siege.
Where else “matsor” appears- strengthenחַזְּקִיchazki
repair
To give strength or make firm, or repair what was broken.
Where else “chazki” appears- your fortressesמִבְצָרָיִmivtsarayi
fortress, fortified city
Fortress, fortified city.
Where else “mivtsarayi” appears- goבֹּאִיboi
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “boi” appears- into the mudטִּיטtit
mud, clay
Mud, clay; the mire of the streets or of the bottom of a pit. Also the potter's clay.
Where else “tit” appears- and treadרִמְסִיrimsi
trample
Tread, trample with the feet: the potter's clay, grapes, or a person or thing crushed under those passing by. In 2 Kings 7:17, 20 the people, rushing out through the gate, trample the officer and he dies.
Where else “rimsi” appears- the clayחֹמֶרchomer
clay
Wet earth, the potter's dough, or mire.
Where else “chomer” appears- the brick moldמַלְבֵּןmalben
brick mold
A clay mold for making bricks, or the kiln where they are fired.
Where else “malben” appears
The context
13Look, your people are women in your midst; to your enemies the gates of your land are opened wide; fire devours your bars.
14 · This verse (above)
15There fire will devour you, the sword will cut you off; it will devour you like the young locust. Multiply yourself like the young locust, multiply yourself like the locust.