Nahum 3
1 Woe [to] the city of blood, She is all with lies — burglary — full, Prey doth not depart.
woe! city blood all her lie plunder full not to remove prey
2 The sound of a whip, And the sound of the rattling of a wheel, And of a prancing horse, and of a bounding chariot, Of a horseman mounting.
voice: sound whip and voice quaking wheel and horse to rush and chariot to skip about
3 And the flame of a sword, and the lightning of a spear, And the abundance of the wounded, And the weight of carcases, Yea, there is no end to the bodies, They stumble over their bodies.
horseman to ascend: rise and flame sword and lightning spear and abundance slain: killed and heaviness corpse and nothing end to/for body (and to stumble *Q(K)*) in/on/with body their
4 Because of the abundance of the fornications of an harlot, The goodness of the grace of the lady of witchcrafts, Who is selling nations by her fornications, And families by her witchcrafts.
from abundance fornication to fornicate pleasant favor mistress sorcery [the] to sell nation in/on/with fornication her and family in/on/with sorcery her
5 Lo, I [am] against thee, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, And have removed thy skirts before thy face, And have shewed nations thy nakedness, And kingdoms thy shame,
look! I to(wards) you utterance LORD Hosts and to reveal: uncover hem your upon face your and to see: see nation nakedness your and kingdom dishonor your
6 And I have cast upon thee abominations, And dishonoured thee, and made thee as a sight.
and to throw upon you abomination and be senseless you and to set: make you like/as sight
7 And it hath come to pass, Each of thy beholders fleeth from thee, And hath said: 'Spoiled is Nineveh, Who doth bemoan for her?' Whence do I seek comforters for thee?
and to be all to see: see you to wander from you and to say to ruin Nineveh who? to wander to/for her from where? to seek to be sorry: comfort to/for you
8 Art thou better than No-Ammon, That is dwelling among brooks? Waters she hath round about her, Whose bulwark [is] the sea, waters her wall.
be good from Thebes Amon [the] to dwell in/on/with Nile water around to/for her which rampart sea from sea wall her
9 Cush her might, and Egypt, and there is no end. Put and Lubim have been for thy help.
Cush strength her and Egypt and nothing end Put and Libyan to be in/on/with help your
10 Even she doth become an exile, She hath gone into captivity, Even her sucklings are dashed to pieces At the top of all out-places, And for her honoured ones they cast a lot, And all her great ones have been bound in fetters.
also he/she/it to/for captivity to go: went in/on/with captivity also infant her to dash in pieces in/on/with head: top all outside and upon to honor: honour her to cast a lot allotted and all great: large her to bind in/on/with fetter
11 Even thou art drunken, thou art hidden, Even thou dost seek a strong place, because of an enemy.
also you(f. s.) be drunk to be to conceal also you(f. s.) to seek security from enemy
12 All thy fortresses [are] fig-trees with first-fruits, If they are shaken, They have fallen into the mouth of the eater.
all fortification your fig with firstfruit if to shake and to fall: fall upon lip to eat
13 Lo, thy people [are] women in thy midst, To thine enemies thoroughly opened Have been the gates of thy land, Consumed hath fire thy bars.
behold people: soldiers your woman in/on/with entrails: among your to/for enemy your to open to open gate land: country/planet your to eat fire bar your
14 Waters of a siege draw for thyself, Strengthen thy fortresses, Enter into mire, and tread on clay, Make strong a brick-kiln.
water siege to draw to/for you to strengthen: strengthen fortification your to come (in): come in/on/with mud and to trample in/on/with clay to strengthen: hold brick
15 There consume thee doth a fire, Cut thee off doth a sword, It doth consume thee as a cankerworm! Make thyself heavy as the cankerworm, Make thyself heavy as the locust.
there to eat you fire to cut: cut you sword to eat you like/as locust to honor: many like/as locust to honor: many like/as locust
16 Multiply thy merchants above the stars of the heavens, The cankerworm hath stripped off, and doth flee away.
to multiply to trade your from star [the] heaven locust to strip and to fly
17 Thy crowned ones [are] as a locust, And thy princes as great grasshoppers, That encamp in hedges in a day of cold, The sun hath risen, and it doth flee away, And not known is its place where they are.
prince your like/as locust and official your like/as locust locust [the] to camp in/on/with wall in/on/with day cold sun to rise and to wander and not to know place his where? they
18 Slumbered have thy friends, king of Asshur, Rest do thine honourable ones, Scattered have been thy people on the mountains, And there is none gathering.
to slumber to pasture your king Assyria to dwell great your to scatter people your upon [the] mountain: mount and nothing to gather
19 There is no weakening of thy destruction, Grievous [is] thy smiting, All hearing thy fame have clapped the hand at thee, For over whom did not thy wickedness pass continually?
nothing easing to/for breaking your be weak: grieved wound your all to hear: hear report your to blow palm upon you for upon who? not to pass distress: evil your continually
