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And it will happenוְהָיָהthat allכָלwho see youרֹאַיִךְwill fleeיִדּוֹדfrom youמִמֵּךְand say,וְאָמַר‘Ninevehנִינְוֵהis devastated;שָׁדְּדָהwhoמִיwill grieveיָנוּדfor her?’לָהּFrom whereמֵאַיִןshall I seekאֲבַקֵּשׁcomfortersמְנַחֲמִיםfor you?”לָךְ
Nahum 3:7
Study it in the app“And it will happen that all who see you will flee from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ From where shall I seek comforters for you?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Nahum 3:7, word by word
- And it will happenהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- who see youרֹאַיִroayi
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “roayi” appears- will fleeיִדּוֹדyidod
flee
To go far away, or flap wings.
Where else “yidod” appears- and sayאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- ‘Ninevehנִינְוֵהninve
Nineveh
See it on the mapWhere else “ninve” appears- is devastatedשָׁדְּדָהshadda
devastate
To leave a country or city empty and in ruins by force.
Where else “shadda” appears- will grieveיָנוּדyanud
sympathize
To show sorrow for someone and comfort him.
Where else “yanud” appears- From whereאַיִןayin
where from?
Where from? From what place?
Where else “ayin” appears- shall I seekאֲבַקֵּשׁavakesh
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “avakesh” appears- comfortersמְנַחֲמִיםmenachamim
comfort
To ease someone in his pain with words and company.
Where else “menachamim” 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
6And I will throw on you detestable things, and dishonor you, and make you a spectacle.
7 · This verse (above)
8Are you better than No-amon, that sat by the channels, with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, and from the sea her wall?