Habakkuk 1:9 Go deeper
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They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. (KJV)
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כֻּלֹּה֙ku.Lohall of it
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Habakkuk 1:9 word 1
לְחָמָ֣סle.cha.Masfor violence
Lemma: חָמָס (cha.mas) · Strong's: H2555
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: violence
Used 60 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 16:5, Genesis 49:5, Exodus 23:1, Deuteronomy 19:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2555; TAHOT Habakkuk 1:9 word 2
יָב֔וֹאya.Vo'it comes
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Habakkuk 1:9 word 3
מְגַמַּ֥תme.ga.Mat[the] totality of
Lemma: מְגַמָּה (me.gam.mah) · Strong's: H4041
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: horde
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4041; TAHOT Habakkuk 1:9 word 4
פְּנֵיהֶ֖םpe.nei.Hemfaces their
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face
Used 411 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:16, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 11:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440H; TAHOT Habakkuk 1:9 word 5
קָדִ֑ימָהka.Di.mah[is] east -ward
Lemma: קָדִים (qa.dim) · Strong's: H6921
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: east
Used 69 times. Also: Genesis 41:6, Genesis 41:23, Genesis 41:27, Exodus 10:13, Exodus 14:21, Job 15:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6921; TAHOT Habakkuk 1:9 word 6
וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ףvai.ye.'e.Sofand it gathered
Lemma: אָסַף (a.saph) · Strong's: H0622
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to gather
Used 200 times. Also: Genesis 6:21, Genesis 25:8, Genesis 25:17, Genesis 29:3, Genesis 29:7, Genesis 29:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0622; TAHOT Habakkuk 1:9 word 7
כַּח֖וֹלka.Chollike <the> sand
Lemma: חוֹל (chol) · Strong's: H2344
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: sand
Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 22:17, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 41:49, Exodus 2:12, Deuteronomy 33:19, Joshua 11:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2344; TAHOT Habakkuk 1:9 word 8
שֶֽׁבִי\׃She.vicaptive[s]
Lemma: שְׁבִי (she.vi) · Strong's: H7628A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: captivity
Used 47 times. Also: Exodus 12:29, Numbers 21:1, Numbers 31:12, Numbers 31:19, Numbers 31:26, Deuteronomy 21:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7628A; TAHOT Habakkuk 1:9 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| All | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| of them come | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| bent | → | מְגַמָּה H4041 horde |
| on violence | → | חָמָס H2555 violence |
| their hordes | → | פָּנֶה H6440H face |
| [advance like] the east [wind] | → | קָדִים H6921 east |
| they gather | → | אָסַף H0622 to gather |
| prisoners | → | שְׁבִי H7628A captivity |
| like sand | → | חוֹל H2344 sand |
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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