Habakkuk 1:5 Go deeper
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Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you . (KJV)
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רְא֤וּre.'Usee
Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to see: see
Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT Habakkuk 1:5 word 1
בַגּוֹיִם֙va.go.Yimamong the nations
Lemma: גּוֹי (goy) · Strong's: H1471A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: nation
Used 548 times. Also: Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20, Genesis 10:31, Genesis 10:32, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1471A; TAHOT Habakkuk 1:5 word 2
וְֽהַבִּ֔יטוּve.ha.Bi.tuand look
Lemma: נָבַט (na.vat) · Strong's: H5027
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVhv2mp)
Meaning: to look
Used 68 times. Also: Genesis 15:5, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:26, Exodus 3:6, Exodus 33:8, Numbers 12:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5027; TAHOT Habakkuk 1:5 word 3
וְהִֽתַּמְּה֖וּve.hit.ta.me.Huand be astounded
Lemma: תָּמַהּ (ta.mah) · Strong's: H8539
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVtv2mp)
Meaning: to astounded
Used 9 times. Also: Genesis 43:33, Job 26:11, Psalms 48:5, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Isaiah 13:8, Isaiah 29:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8539; TAHOT Habakkuk 1:5 word 4
תְּמָ֑הוּte.Ma.hube astonished
Lemma: תָּמַהּ (ta.mah) · Strong's: H8539
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to astounded
Used 9 times. Also: Genesis 43:33, Job 26:11, Psalms 48:5, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Isaiah 13:8, Isaiah 29:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8539; TAHOT Habakkuk 1:5 word 5
כִּי\־ki-for
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Habakkuk 1:5 word 6
פֹ֙עַל֙fo.'ala deed
Lemma: פֹּ֫עַל (po.al) · Strong's: H6467
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: work
Used 37 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:4, Deuteronomy 33:11, Ruth 2:12, 2 Samuel 23:20, 1 Chronicles 11:22, Job 7:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6467; TAHOT Habakkuk 1:5 word 7
פֹּעֵ֣לpo.'El[I am] about to do
Lemma: פָּעַל (pa.al) · Strong's: H6466
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to work
Used 57 times. Also: Exodus 15:17, Numbers 23:23, Deuteronomy 32:27, Job 7:20, Job 11:8, Job 22:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6466; TAHOT Habakkuk 1:5 word 8
בִּֽימֵיכֶ֔םbi.mei.Khemin days your
Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: day
Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Habakkuk 1:5 word 9
לֹ֥אlo'[which] not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Habakkuk 1:5 word 10
תַאֲמִ֖ינוּta.'a.Mi.nuyou will believe
Lemma: אָמַן (a.man) · Strong's: H0539
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVhi2mp)
Meaning: be faithful
Used 105 times. Also: Genesis 15:6, Genesis 42:20, Genesis 45:26, Exodus 4:1, Exodus 4:5, Exodus 4:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0539; TAHOT Habakkuk 1:5 word 11
כִּ֥יkiif
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Habakkuk 1:5 word 12
יְסֻפָּֽר\׃ye.su.Parit will be recounted
Lemma: סָפַר (sa.phar) · Strong's: H5608A
Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVPi3ms)
Meaning: to recount
Used 107 times. Also: Genesis 15:5, Genesis 16:10, Genesis 24:66, Genesis 29:13, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 37:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5608A; TAHOT Habakkuk 1:5 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Look | → | רָאָה H7200G to see: see |
| at the nations | → | גּוֹי H1471A nation |
| and observe | → | נָבַט H5027 to look |
| be utterly astounded | → | תָּמַהּ H8539 to astounded |
| . . . | → | תָּמַהּ H8539 to astounded |
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| [I am] doing | → | פָּעַל H6466 to work |
| a work | → | פֹּ֫עַל H6467 work |
| in your days | → | יוֹם H3117G day |
| that you would never | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| believe | → | אָמַן H0539 be faithful |
| even if | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| [someone] told you | → | סָפַר H5608A to recount |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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