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She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness. (KJV)
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בּוּקָ֥הbu.Kahemptiness
Lemma: בּוּקָה (bu.qah) · Strong's: H0950
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: emptiness
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0950; TAHOT Nahum 2:10 word 1
וּמְבוּקָ֖הu.me.vu.Kahand emptiness
Lemma: מְבוּקָה (me.vu.qah) · Strong's: H4003
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: emptiness
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4003; TAHOT Nahum 2:10 word 2
וּמְבֻלָּקָ֑הu.me.vu.la.Kahand devastation
Lemma: בָּלַק (ba.laq) · Strong's: H1110
Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVPsfsa)
Meaning: to waste
Used 2 times. Also: Isaiah 24:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1110; TAHOT Nahum 2:10 word 3
וְלֵ֨בve.Levand heart
Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: heart
Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT Nahum 2:10 word 4
נָמֵ֜סna.Mes[is] melting
Lemma: מָסַס (ma.sas) · Strong's: H4549
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNp3ms)
Meaning: to melt
Used 21 times. Also: Exodus 16:21, Deuteronomy 1:28, Deuteronomy 20:8, Joshua 2:11, Joshua 5:1, Joshua 7:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4549; TAHOT Nahum 2:10 word 5
וּפִ֣קu.Fikand [are] tottering
Lemma: פִּיק (piq) · Strong's: H6375
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: tottering
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6375; TAHOT Nahum 2:10 word 6
בִּרְכַּ֗יִםbir.Ka.yimknees
Lemma: בֶּ֫רֶךְ (be.rekh) · Strong's: H1290
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Absolute (HNcfda)
Meaning: knee
Used 24 times. Also: Genesis 30:3, Genesis 48:12, Genesis 50:23, Deuteronomy 28:35, Judges 7:5, Judges 7:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1290; TAHOT Nahum 2:10 word 7
וְחַלְחָלָה֙ve.chal.cha.Lahand anguish
Lemma: חַלְחָלָה (chal.cha.lah) · Strong's: H2479
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: anguish
Used 4 times. Also: Isaiah 21:3, Ezekiel 30:4, Ezekiel 30:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2479; TAHOT Nahum 2:10 word 8
בְּכָל\־be.khol[is] in 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 Nahum 2:10 word 9
מָתְנַ֔יִםma.te.Na.yimloins
Lemma: מׇתְנַ֫יִם (mo.ten) · Strong's: H4975
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Dual · Absolute (HNcmda)
Meaning: loin
Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 37:34, Exodus 12:11, Exodus 28:42, Deuteronomy 33:11, 2 Samuel 20:8, 1 Kings 2:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4975; TAHOT Nahum 2:10 word 10
וּפְנֵ֥יu.fe.Neiand [the] faces of
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440L
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face of
Used 96 times. Also: Genesis 16:8, Genesis 24:12, Genesis 27:20, Genesis 30:33, Genesis 31:2, Genesis 31:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440L; TAHOT Nahum 2:10 word 11
כֻלָּ֖םkhu.Lamall of them
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 Nahum 2:10 word 12
קִבְּצ֥וּki.be.Tzuthey have gathered
Lemma: קָבַץ (qa.vats) · Strong's: H6908
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVpp3cp)
Meaning: to gather
Used 127 times. Also: Genesis 41:35, Genesis 41:48, Genesis 49:2, Deuteronomy 13:16, Deuteronomy 30:3, Deuteronomy 30:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6908; TAHOT Nahum 2:10 word 13
פָארֽוּר\׃fa.Rura glow
Lemma: פָּארוּר (pa.rur) · Strong's: H6289
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: pale
Used 2 times. Also: Joel 2:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6289; TAHOT Nahum 2:10 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| She is emptied | → | בּוּקָה H0950 emptiness |
| Yes , she is desolate | → | מְבוּקָה H4003 emptiness |
| and laid waste | → | בָּלַק H1110 to waste |
| Hearts | → | לֵב H3820A heart |
| melt | → | מָסַס H4549 to melt |
| knees | → | בֶּ֫רֶךְ H1290 knee |
| knock | → | פִּיק H6375 tottering |
| bodies | → | מׇתְנַ֫יִם H4975 loin |
| tremble | → | חַלְחָלָה H2479 anguish |
| and every | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| face | → | פָּנֶה H6440L face of |
| . . . | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| grows pale | → | קָבַץ H6908 to gather |
| . . . | → | פָּארוּר H6289 pale |
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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