“Look, I amהִנְנִיagainst you,אֵלַיִךְdeclaresנְאֻםYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתand I will uncoverוְגִלֵּיתִיyour skirtsשׁוּלַיִךְover your face,עַל פָּנָיִךְand I will showוְהַרְאֵיתִיnationsגוֹיִםyour nakedness,מַעְרֵךְand kingdomsוּמַמְלָכוֹתyour shame.קְלוֹנֵךְ
Nahum 3:5
Study it in the app““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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nahum 3:5, word by word
- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- and I will uncoverגִלֵּיתִיgileti
uncover
To remove what covers, leaving something in view.
Where else “gileti” appears- your skirtsשׁוּלַיִshulayi
hem, skirts
The lower edge, the skirts of a garment; also the train of a robe (Isaiah 6:1).
Where else “shulayi” appears- over your faceפָּנָיִpanayi
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “panayi” appears- and I will showהַרְאֵיתִיhareti
show
To make someone see something.
Where else “hareti” appears- nationsגוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- your nakednessמַעְרֵmare
nakedness
The naked body, exposed to shame before all.
Where else “mare” appears- and kingdomsמַמְלָכוֹתmamlachot
kingdom
A land ruled by a king.
Where else “mamlachot” appears- your shameקְלוֹנֵkelone
disgrace, shame
Dishonor, public shame, disgrace.
Where else “kelone” appears
The context
4because 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.
5 · This verse (above)
6And I will throw on you detestable things, and dishonor you, and make you a spectacle.