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For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. (KJV)
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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 2:11 word 1
אֶ֖בֶן'E.vena stone
Lemma: אֶ֫בֶן (e.ven) · Strong's: H0068G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: stone
Used 259 times. Also: Genesis 2:12, Genesis 11:3, Genesis 28:11, Genesis 28:18, Genesis 28:22, Genesis 29:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0068G; TAHOT Habakkuk 2:11 word 2
מִקִּ֣ירmi.Kirfrom [the] wall
Lemma: קִיר (qir) · Strong's: H7023
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: wall
Used 74 times. Also: Exodus 30:3, Exodus 37:26, Leviticus 1:15, Leviticus 5:9, Leviticus 14:37, Leviticus 14:39 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7023; TAHOT Habakkuk 2:11 word 3
תִּזְעָ֑קtiz.'Akit will cry out
Lemma: זָעַק (za.aq) · Strong's: H2199
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)
Meaning: to cry out
Used 72 times. Also: Exodus 2:23, Joshua 8:16, Judges 3:9, Judges 3:15, Judges 4:10, Judges 4:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2199; TAHOT Habakkuk 2:11 word 4
וְכָפִ֖יסve.kha.Fisand a rafter
Lemma: כָּפִיס (ka.phis) · Strong's: H3714
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: rafter
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3714; TAHOT Habakkuk 2:11 word 5
מֵעֵ֥ץme.'Etzfrom [the] wood<s>
Lemma: עֵץ (ets) · Strong's: H6086G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: tree: wood
Used 151 times. Also: Genesis 6:14, Genesis 22:3, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:7, Genesis 22:9, Exodus 7:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6086G; TAHOT Habakkuk 2:11 word 6
יַעֲנֶֽנָּה\׃\ \פya.'a.Ne.nahit will answer it
Lemma: עָנָה (a.nah) · Strong's: H6030B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to answer
Used 314 times. Also: Genesis 18:27, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:14, Genesis 24:50, Genesis 27:37 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6030B; TAHOT Habakkuk 2:11 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| the stones | → | אֶ֫בֶן H0068G stone |
| will cry out | → | זָעַק H2199 to cry out |
| from the wall | → | קִיר H7023 wall |
| and the rafters | → | כָּפִיס H3714 rafter |
| will echo it | → | עָנָה H6030B to answer |
| from the woodwork | → | עֵץ H6086G tree: wood |
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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