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Are you betterהֲתֵיטְבִיthan No-amon,מִנֹּא אָמוֹןthat satהַיֹּשְׁבָהby the channels,בַּיְאֹרִיםwith waterמַיִםaroundסָבִיבher,לָהּwhoseאֲשֶׁרrampartחֵילwas the sea,יָםand from the seaמִיָּםher wall?חוֹמָתָהּ
Nahum 3:8
Study it in the app“Are 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?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nahum 3:8, word by word
- Are you betterתֵיטְבִיtetvi
go well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “tetvi” appears- than No-amonנֹּאno
No, Thebes
No: the Hebrew name of Thebes, a great city of southern Egypt.
Where else “no” appears- than No-amonאָמוֹןamon
Amon
Amon: the chief god of the Egyptian city of Thebes (No).
Where else “amon” appears- that satיֹּשְׁבָהyoshva
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshva” appears- by the channelsיְאֹרִיםyeorim
Nile
See it on the mapWhere else “yeorim” appears- with waterמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- aroundסָבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears- rampartחֵילchel
rampart
A city's outer wall.
Where else “chel” appears- was the seaיָםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- her wallחוֹמָתָchomata
wall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “chomata” appears
Translation note
“No-amon” is Thebes, the great city of Egypt consecrated to the god Amon; Assyria destroyed it in 663 BC.
Places in this verse
Nile
Today: Nile River, Uganda to Egypt and the Mediterranean
Egypt's great river; it flows north to the Mediterranean Sea.
Pharaoh dreamed beside the Nile (Gen 41:1). God turned its waters to blood (Exod 7:20), and baby Moses was placed on its bank (Exod 2:3-5).
The context
7And 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?”
8 · This verse (above)
9Cush was her strength, and Egypt, and there was no end; Put and the Libyans were your help.