Nahum 2

YHWH restores the excellence of Jacob as chariots rage through Nineveh's streets like a draining pool, with the city captured, its lion's den plundered, and YHWH declaring, 'I am against you.'[1][2][5][6]

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Behold Look! on upon (up-over) the mountains the mountain-heights feet of feet of one bringing good news a bearer of glad-tidings proclaiming one causing to hear peace wholeness Keep your feasts my pilgrim-feast; celebrate-in-circle! (you f.s.) O Judah Praised-One your feasts your pilgrimage-feasts Fulfill You (fem.), make full repayment! your vows your vowed-promises for for (as reason or ground) no not will add he will add further more still, yet, further to pass to cross over through to cross over you — the wicked one worthlessness all of him all of him is cut off he was cut off
Verse 1 הִנֵּ֨ה 𐤄𐤍𐤄 hineh Behold Look! HTm עַל 𐤏𐤋 al on upon (up-over) HR הֶ/הָרִ֜ים 𐤄/𐤄𐤓𐤉𐤌 heharim the mountains the mountain-heights HTd/Ncmpa רַגְלֵ֤י 𐤓𐤂𐤋𐤉 rageley feet of feet of HNcfdc מְבַשֵּׂר֙ 𐤌𐤁𐤔𐤓 mevaser one bringing good news a bearer of glad-tidings HVprmsa מַשְׁמִ֣יעַ 𐤌𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤏 mashemia proclaiming one causing to hear HVhrmsa שָׁל֔וֹם 𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌 shalom peace wholeness HNcmsa חָגִּ֧י 𐤇𐤂𐤉 chagi Keep your feasts my pilgrim-feast; celebrate-in-circle! (you f.s.) HVqv2fs יְהוּדָ֛ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 yehudah O Judah Praised-One HNp חַגַּ֖יִ/ךְ 𐤇𐤂𐤉/𐤊 chagayikhe your feasts your pilgrimage-feasts HNcmpc/Sp2fs שַׁלְּמִ֣י 𐤔𐤋𐤌𐤉 shalemi Fulfill You (fem.), make full repayment! HVpv2fs נְדָרָ֑יִ/ךְ 𐤍𐤃𐤓𐤉/𐤊 nedarayikhe your vows your vowed-promises HNcmpc/Sp2fs כִּי֩ 𐤊𐤉 ki for for (as reason or ground) HC לֹ֨א 𐤋𐤀 lo no not HTn יוֹסִ֥יף 𐤉𐤅𐤎𐤉𐤐 yosif will add he will add further HVhi3ms ע֛וֹד 𐤏𐤅𐤃 od more still, yet, further HD ל/עבור 𐤋/𐤏𐤁𐤅𐤓 lvvr to pass to cross over HR/Vqc לַֽ/עֲבָר 𐤋/𐤏𐤁𐤓 laavar through to cross over HR/Vqc בָּ֥/ךְ 𐤁/𐤊 bakhe you HR/Sp2fs בְּלִיַּ֖עַל 𐤁𐤋𐤉𐤏𐤋 beliyaal the wicked one worthlessness HNcmsa כֻּלֹּ֥/ה 𐤊𐤋/𐤄 kuloh all of him all of him HNcmsc/Sp3ms נִכְרָֽת 𐤍𐤊𐤓𐤕 nikherat is cut off he was cut off HVNp3ms
for for (as reason or ground) has returned he turned back YHWH the Being One [direct object marker] (definite object-marker) the pride exaltation of of Jacob Heel-Catcher (Jacob) like the pride like the swelling-of of Israel He-Who-Prevails-With-God for for (as reason or ground) plunderers have plundered them they have emptied them out plunderers emptiers and their vine branches and their pruned vine-branches they have destroyed they have brought to ruin
Verse 3 כִּ֣י 𐤊𐤉 ki for for (as reason or ground) HC שָׁ֤ב 𐤔𐤁 shav has returned he turned back HVqp3ms יְהוָה֙ 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) YHWH the Being One HNp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [direct object marker] (definite object-marker) HTo גְּא֣וֹן 𐤂𐤀𐤅𐤍 geon the pride exaltation of HNcmsc יַעֲקֹ֔ב 𐤉𐤏𐤒𐤁 yaaqov of Jacob Heel-Catcher (Jacob) HNp כִּ/גְא֖וֹן 𐤊/𐤂𐤀𐤅𐤍 kigeon like the pride like the swelling-of HR/Ncmsc יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 yiserael of Israel He-Who-Prevails-With-God HNp כִּ֤י 𐤊𐤉 ki-2 for for (as reason or ground) HC בְקָקוּ/ם֙ 𐤁𐤒𐤒𐤅/𐤌 veqaqum plunderers have plundered them they have emptied them out HVqp3cp/Sp3mp בֹּֽקְקִ֔ים 𐤁𐤒𐤒𐤉𐤌 boqeqim plunderers emptiers HVqrmpa וּ/זְמֹרֵי/הֶ֖ם 𐤅/𐤆𐤌𐤓𐤉/𐤄𐤌 uzemoreyhem and their vine branches and their pruned vine-branches HC/Ncfpc/Sp3mp שִׁחֵֽתוּ 𐤔𐤇𐤕𐤅 shichetu they have destroyed they have brought to ruin HVpp3cp
deserted emptiness and the lair and emptiness and the torn apart and the devastated (feminine singular) and heart heart melts he has melted away and the knees and the knocking-of knock two knees and trembling and a writhing-tremor in all in all loins slender waist-pair and faces and the faces of them all all of them gather blackness they gathered together tanned a radiant-glow
Verse 11 בּוּקָ֥ה 𐤁𐤅𐤒𐤄 buqah deserted emptiness HNcfsa וּ/מְבוּקָ֖ה 𐤅/𐤌𐤁𐤅𐤒𐤄 umevuqah and the lair and emptiness HC/Ncfsa וּ/מְבֻלָּקָ֑ה 𐤅/𐤌𐤁𐤋𐤒𐤄 umevulaqah and the torn apart and the devastated (feminine singular) HC/VPsfsa וְ/לֵ֨ב 𐤅/𐤋𐤁 velev and heart heart HC/Ncmsa נָמֵ֜ס 𐤍𐤌𐤎 names melts he has melted away HVNp3ms וּ/פִ֣ק 𐤅/𐤐𐤒 ufiq and the knees and the knocking-of HC/Ncmsc בִּרְכַּ֗יִם 𐤁𐤓𐤊𐤉𐤌 birekayim knock two knees HNcfda וְ/חַלְחָלָה֙ 𐤅/𐤇𐤋𐤇𐤋𐤄 vechalechalah and trembling and a writhing-tremor HC/Ncfsa בְּ/כָל 𐤁/𐤊𐤋 bekhal in all in all HR/Ncmsc מָתְנַ֔יִם 𐤌𐤕𐤍𐤉𐤌 matenayim loins slender waist-pair HNcmda וּ/פְנֵ֥י 𐤅/𐤐𐤍𐤉 ufeney and faces and the faces HC/Ncbpc כֻלָּ֖/ם 𐤊𐤋/𐤌 khulam of them all all of them HNcmsc/Sp3mp קִבְּצ֥וּ 𐤒𐤁𐤑𐤅 qibetsu gather blackness they gathered together HVpp3cp פָארֽוּר 𐤐𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤓 farur tanned a radiant-glow HNcmsa
Where is where? the den dwelling-place of of the lions fierce lions and the feeding place and feeding-place it he himself for the cubs to the covered-maned young-lions where that-which went he walked the lion a tearing lion the lioness the lioness there there (in that place) the cub abiding-cub (masculine singular; in construct: "cub-of") the lion a tearing lion and there was no and there-is-not terrifying one who causes trembling
Verse 12 אַיֵּה֙ 𐤀𐤉𐤄 ayeh Where is where? HTi מְע֣וֹן 𐤌𐤏𐤅𐤍 meon the den dwelling-place of HNcbsc אֲרָי֔וֹת 𐤀𐤓𐤉𐤅𐤕 arayot of the lions fierce lions HNcmpa וּ/מִרְעֶ֥ה 𐤅/𐤌𐤓𐤏𐤄 umireeh and the feeding place and feeding-place HC/Ncmsa ה֖וּא 𐤄𐤅𐤀 hu it he himself HPp3ms לַ/כְּפִרִ֑ים 𐤋/𐤊𐤐𐤓𐤉𐤌 lakefirim for the cubs to the covered-maned young-lions HRd/Ncmpa אֲשֶׁ֣ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher where that-which HTr הָלַךְ֩ 𐤄𐤋𐤊 halakhe went he walked HVqp3ms אַרְיֵ֨ה 𐤀𐤓𐤉𐤄 areyeh the lion a tearing lion HNcmsa לָבִ֥יא 𐤋𐤁𐤉𐤀 lavi the lioness the lioness HNcbsa שָׁ֛ם 𐤔𐤌 sham there there (in that place) HD גּ֥וּר 𐤂𐤅𐤓 gur the cub abiding-cub (masculine singular; in construct: "cub-of") HNcmsc אַרְיֵ֖ה 𐤀𐤓𐤉𐤄 areyeh-2 the lion a tearing lion HNcmsa וְ/אֵ֥ין 𐤅/𐤀𐤉𐤍 veeyn and there was no and there-is-not HC/Tn מַחֲרִֽיד 𐤌𐤇𐤓𐤉𐤃 macharid terrifying one who causes trembling HVhrmsa
Behold, I Look—here I am! am against you to thee declares utterance of YHWH the Being One of Hosts war-hosts and I will burn and I have caused to burn in smoke smoke her chariots her riding-chariot and your young lions and your covered-maned young lions will devour you (masculine) shall consume the sword a desolating sword and I will cut off and I will cut off from the earth from the firm-land your prey your torn-prey and no and not will be heard he will be heeded anymore still, yet, further the voice voice-of of your messengers your commissioned messengers
Verse 14 הִנְ/נִ֣י 𐤄𐤍/𐤍𐤉 hineni Behold, I Look—here I am! HTm/Sp1cs אֵלַ֗יִ/ךְ 𐤀𐤋𐤉/𐤊 elayikhe am against you to thee HR/Sp2fs נְאֻם֙ 𐤍𐤀𐤌 neum declares utterance of HNcmsc יְהוָ֣ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) YHWH the Being One HNp צְבָא֔וֹת 𐤑𐤁𐤀𐤅𐤕 tsevaot of Hosts war-hosts HNcbpa וְ/הִבְעַרְתִּ֤י 𐤅/𐤄𐤁𐤏𐤓𐤕𐤉 vehiveareti and I will burn and I have caused to burn HC/Vhp1cs בֶֽ/עָשָׁן֙ 𐤁/𐤏𐤔𐤍 veashan in smoke smoke HRd/Ncmsa רִכְבָּ֔/הּ 𐤓𐤊𐤁/𐤄 rikhebah her chariots her riding-chariot HNcmsc/Sp3fs וּ/כְפִירַ֖יִ/ךְ 𐤅/𐤊𐤐𐤉𐤓𐤉/𐤊 ukhefirayikhe and your young lions and your covered-maned young lions HC/Ncmpc/Sp2fs תֹּ֣אכַל 𐤕𐤀𐤊𐤋 tokhal will devour you (masculine) shall consume HVqi3fs חָ֑רֶב 𐤇𐤓𐤁 charev the sword a desolating sword HNcfsa וְ/הִכְרַתִּ֤י 𐤅/𐤄𐤊𐤓𐤕𐤉 vehikherati and I will cut off and I will cut off HC/Vhq1cs מֵ/אֶ֨רֶץ֙ 𐤌/𐤀𐤓𐤑 meerets from the earth from the firm-land HR/Ncbsa טַרְפֵּ֔/ךְ 𐤈𐤓𐤐/𐤊 tarepekhe your prey your torn-prey HNcmsc/Sp2fs וְ/לֹֽא 𐤅/𐤋𐤀 velo and no and not HC/Tn יִשָּׁמַ֥ע 𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏 yishama will be heard he will be heeded HVNi3ms ע֖וֹד 𐤏𐤅𐤃 od anymore still, yet, further HD ק֥וֹל 𐤒𐤅𐤋 qol the voice voice-of HNcmsc מַלְאָכֵֽ/כֵה 𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊/𐤊𐤄 maleakhekheh of your messengers your commissioned messengers HNcmpc/Sp2fs
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