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For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. (KJV)
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וְעַתָּ֕הve.'a.Tahand now
Lemma: עַתָּ֫ה (at.tah) · Strong's: H6258
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: now
Used 431 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 11:6, Genesis 12:19, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6258; TAHOT Nahum 1:13 word 1
אֶשְׁבֹּ֥ר'esh.BorI will break
Lemma: שָׁבַר (sha.var) · Strong's: H7665
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
Meaning: to break
Used 146 times. Also: Genesis 19:9, Exodus 9:25, Exodus 12:46, Exodus 22:10, Exodus 22:14, Exodus 23:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7665; TAHOT Nahum 1:13 word 2
מֹטֵ֖הוּmo.Te.huyoke-bar his
Lemma: מוֹט (mot) · Strong's: H4132
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: yoke
Used 6 times. Also: Numbers 4:10, Numbers 4:12, Numbers 13:23, Psalms 66:9, Psalms 121:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4132; TAHOT Nahum 1:13 word 3
מֵֽעָלָ֑יִךְme.'a.La.yikhfrom on <the> you
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Nahum 1:13 word 4
וּמוֹסְרֹתַ֖יִךְu.mos.ro.Ta.yikhand fetters your
Lemma: מוֹסֵר (mo.ser) · Strong's: H4147
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: bond
Used 11 times. Also: Job 39:5, Psalms 2:3, Psalms 107:14, Psalms 116:16, Isaiah 28:22, Isaiah 52:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4147; TAHOT Nahum 1:13 word 5
אֲנַתֵּֽק\׃'a.na.TekI will tear apart
Lemma: נָתַק (na.taq) · Strong's: H5423
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpi1cs)
Meaning: to tear
Used 27 times. Also: Leviticus 22:24, Joshua 4:18, Joshua 8:6, Joshua 8:16, Judges 16:9, Judges 16:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5423; TAHOT Nahum 1:13 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For I will now | → | עַתָּ֫ה H6258 now |
| break | → | שָׁבַר H7665 to break |
| their yoke | → | מוֹט H4132 yoke |
| from your neck | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| and tear away | → | נָתַק H5423 to tear |
| your shackles | → | מוֹסֵר H4147 bond |
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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