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For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. (KJV)
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כִּ֣יkifor
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 2:3 word 1
ע֤וֹדodstill
Lemma: עוֹד (od) · Strong's: H5750
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAcmsa)
Meaning: still
Used 489 times. Also: Genesis 4:25, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 8:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5750; TAHOT Habakkuk 2:3 word 2
חָזוֹן֙cha.zOn[the] vision
Lemma: חָזוֹן (cha.zon) · Strong's: H2377
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: vision
Used 35 times. Also: 1 Samuel 3:1, 1 Chronicles 17:15, 2 Chronicles 32:32, Psalms 89:19, Proverbs 29:18, Isaiah 1:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2377; TAHOT Habakkuk 2:3 word 3
לַמּוֹעֵ֔דla.mo.'Ed[is] for the appointed time
Lemma: מוֹעֵד (mo.ed) · Strong's: H4150G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: meeting: time appointed
Used 39 times. Also: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 17:21, Genesis 18:14, Genesis 21:2, Exodus 9:5, Exodus 13:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4150G; TAHOT Habakkuk 2:3 word 4
וְיָפֵ֥חַve.ya.Fe.achand it will pant
Lemma: פּוּחַ (pu.ach) · Strong's: H6315
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqj3ms)
Meaning: to breathe
Used 14 times. Also: Psalms 10:5, Psalms 12:5, Proverbs 6:19, Proverbs 12:17, Proverbs 14:5, Proverbs 14:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6315; TAHOT Habakkuk 2:3 word 5
לַקֵּ֖ץla.Ketzto the end
Lemma: קֵץ (qets) · Strong's: H7093
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: end
Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 4:3, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 8:6, Genesis 16:3, Genesis 41:1, Exodus 12:41 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7093; TAHOT Habakkuk 2:3 word 6
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and 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 2:3 word 7
יְכַזֵּ֑בye.kha.Zevit will lie
Lemma: כָּזַב (ka.zav) · Strong's: H3576
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpi3ms)
Meaning: to lie
Used 16 times. Also: Numbers 23:19, 2 Kings 4:16, Job 6:28, Job 24:25, Job 34:6, Job 41:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3576; TAHOT Habakkuk 2:3 word 8
אִם\־'im-if
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if
Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518A; TAHOT Habakkuk 2:3 word 9
יִתְמַהְמָהּ֙yit.mah.Mahit will delay
Lemma: מָהַהּ (ma.hah) · Strong's: H4102
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVti3ms)
Meaning: to delay
Used 9 times. Also: Genesis 19:16, Genesis 43:10, Exodus 12:39, Judges 3:26, Judges 19:8, 2 Samuel 15:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4102; TAHOT Habakkuk 2:3 word 10
חַכֵּה\־cha.keh-wait
Lemma: חָכָה (cha.khah) · Strong's: H2442
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpv2ms)
Meaning: to wait
Used 14 times. Also: 2 Kings 7:9, 2 Kings 9:3, Job 3:21, Job 32:4, Psalms 33:20, Psalms 106:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2442; TAHOT Habakkuk 2:3 word 11
כִּֽי\־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 2:3 word 12
בֹ֥אvo'surely <come>
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935M
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to come (in): fulfill
Used 9 times. Also: Genesis 6:13, Joshua 23:15, 1 Samuel 9:6, 1 Chronicles 4:10, Job 6:8, Proverbs 13:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935M; TAHOT Habakkuk 2:3 word 13
יָבֹ֖אya.Vo'it will come
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935M
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to come (in): fulfill
Used 9 times. Also: Genesis 6:13, Joshua 23:15, 1 Samuel 9:6, 1 Chronicles 4:10, Job 6:8, Proverbs 13:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935M; TAHOT Habakkuk 2:3 word 14
לֹ֥אlo'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 2:3 word 15
יְאַחֵֽר\׃ye.'a.Cherit will delay
Lemma: אָחַר (a.char) · Strong's: H0309
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpi3ms)
Meaning: to delay
Used 16 times. Also: Genesis 24:56, Genesis 32:4, Genesis 34:19, Exodus 22:29, Deuteronomy 7:10, Deuteronomy 23:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0309; TAHOT Habakkuk 2:3 word 16
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| the vision | → | חָזוֹן H2377 vision |
| awaits | → | עוֹד H5750 still |
| an appointed time | → | מוֹעֵד H4150G meeting: time appointed |
| it testifies | → | פּוּחַ H6315 to breathe |
| of the end | → | קֵץ H7093 end |
| and does not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| lie | → | כָּזַב H3576 to lie |
| Though | → | אִם H0518A if |
| it lingers | → | מָהַהּ H4102 to delay |
| wait | → | חָכָה H2442 to wait |
| for it | → | |
| since | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| it will surely come | → | בּוֹא H0935M to come (in): fulfill |
| . . . | → | בּוֹא H0935M to come (in): fulfill |
| and will not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| delay | → | אָחַר H0309 to delay |
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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