because of the multitudeמֵרֹבof the prostitutionsזְנוּנֵיof the prostitute,זוֹנָהbeautifulטוֹבַתin grace,חֵןmistressבַּעֲלַתof sorceries,כְּשָׁפִיםwho sellsהַמֹּכֶרֶתnationsגּוֹיִםby her prostitutionsבִּזְנוּנֶיהָand familiesוּמִשְׁפָּחוֹתby her sorceries.בִּכְשָׁפֶיהָ
Nahum 3:4
Study it in the app“because of the multitude of the prostitutions of the prostitute, beautiful in grace, mistress of sorceries, who sells nations by her prostitutions and families by her sorceries.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nahum 3:4, word by word
- because of the multitudeרֹבrov
multitude
A great crowd of people or things.
Where else “rov” appears- of the prostitutionsזְנוּנֵיzenune
prostitution
Prostitution; figuratively, unfaithfulness to God.
Where else “zenune” appears- of the prostituteזוֹנָהzona
prostitute oneself
To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.
Where else “zona” appears- beautifulטוֹבַתtovat
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tovat” appears- in graceחֵןchen
charm
Attractive charm, the grace of a person or of their words.
Where else “chen” appears- mistressבַּעֲלַתbaalat
mistress
The woman in charge of the house.
Where else “baalat” appears- of sorceriesכְּשָׁפִיםkeshafim
sorceries
Sorcery, the practice of magic to obtain something by hidden means. It appears in the plural: "sorceries." The Law forbids it (Deuteronomy 18:10 uses the verb of the same root). In 2 Kings 9:22 it is said of Jezebel.
Where else “keshafim” appears- who sellsמֹּכֶרֶתmocheret
sell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “mocheret” appears- nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- and familiesמִשְׁפָּחוֹתmishpachot
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpachot” appears
The context
3horseman charging, and flame of sword, and lightning of spear, and a multitude of the pierced, and a mass of corpses, and there is no end to the bodies; they stumble over their bodies,
4 · This verse (above)
5“Look, I am against you, declares YHWH Tsevaot, and I will uncover your skirts over your face, and I will show nations your nakedness, and kingdoms your shame.