Habakkuk 2:20 Go deeper
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But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. (KJV)
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וַֽיהוָ֖הva.Yah.wehand Yahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Habakkuk 2:20 word 1
בְּהֵיכַ֣לbe.hei.Khal[is] in [the] temple of
Lemma: הֵיכָל (he.khal) · Strong's: H1964G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: temple
Used 56 times. Also: 1 Samuel 1:9, 1 Samuel 3:3, 2 Samuel 22:7, 1 Kings 7:21, 1 Kings 7:50, 2 Kings 18:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1964G; TAHOT Habakkuk 2:20 word 2
קָדְשׁ֑וֹka.de.Shoholiness his
Lemma: קֹ֫דֶשׁ (qo.desh) · Strong's: H6944G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: holiness
Used 415 times. Also: Exodus 3:5, Exodus 12:16, Exodus 15:11, Exodus 15:13, Exodus 16:23, Exodus 22:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6944G; TAHOT Habakkuk 2:20 word 3
הַ֥סhashush!
Lemma: הַס (ha.sah) · Strong's: H2013
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpv2ms)
Meaning: to silence
Used 8 times. Also: Numbers 13:30, Judges 3:19, Nehemiah 8:11, Amos 6:10, Amos 8:3, Zephaniah 1:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2013; TAHOT Habakkuk 2:20 word 4
מִפָּנָ֖יוmi.pa.Navfrom before him
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face: before
Used 1388 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7, Genesis 10:9, Genesis 13:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440G; TAHOT Habakkuk 2:20 word 5
כָּל\־kol-all
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 2:20 word 6
הָאָֽרֶץ\׃\ \פha.'A.retzthe earth
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Habakkuk 2:20 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| But the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| is in His holy | → | קֹ֫דֶשׁ H6944G holiness |
| temple | → | הֵיכָל H1964G temple |
| let all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| the earth | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| be silent | → | הַס H2013 to silence |
| before Him | → | פָּנֶה H6440G face: before |
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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