Nahum 3:14 Go deeper

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Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

מֵ֤יmeiwater of

Lemma: מַי (ma.yim) · Strong's: H4325G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: water

Used 573 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4325G; TAHOT Nahum 3:14 word 1

מָצוֹר֙ma.tzOrsiege

Lemma: מָצוֹר (ma.tsor) · Strong's: H4692

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: siege

Used 25 times. Also: Deuteronomy 20:19, Deuteronomy 20:20, Deuteronomy 28:53, Deuteronomy 28:55, Deuteronomy 28:57, 2 Kings 24:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4692; TAHOT Nahum 3:14 word 2

שַֽׁאֲבִי\־sha.'a.vi-draw

Lemma: שָׁאַב (sha.av) · Strong's: H7579

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqv2fs)

Meaning: to draw

Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 24:11, Genesis 24:13, Genesis 24:19, Genesis 24:20, Genesis 24:43, Genesis 24:44 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7579; TAHOT Nahum 3:14 word 3

חַזְּקִ֖יcha.ze.Kistrengthen

Lemma: חָזַק (cha.zaq) · Strong's: H2388G

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVpv2fs)

Meaning: to strengthen: strengthen

Used 201 times. Also: Genesis 41:56, Genesis 41:57, Genesis 47:20, Genesis 48:2, Exodus 4:21, Exodus 7:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2388G; TAHOT Nahum 3:14 word 4

מִבְצָרָ֑יִךְmiv.tza.Ra.yikhfortifications your

Lemma: מִבְצָר (miv.tsar) · Strong's: H4013

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: fortification

Used 37 times. Also: Numbers 13:19, Numbers 32:17, Numbers 32:36, Joshua 10:20, Joshua 19:29, Joshua 19:35 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4013; TAHOT Nahum 3:14 word 5

בֹּ֧אִיBo.'igo

Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqv2fs)

Meaning: to come (in): come

Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Nahum 3:14 word 6

בַטִּ֛יטva.Titin the clay

Lemma: טִיט (tit) · Strong's: H2916

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: mud

Used 13 times. Also: 2 Samuel 22:43, Job 41:30, Psalms 18:42, Psalms 40:2, Psalms 69:14, Isaiah 41:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2916; TAHOT Nahum 3:14 word 7

וְרִמְסִ֥יve.rim.Siand trample

Lemma: רָמַס (ra.mas) · Strong's: H7429

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqv2fs)

Meaning: to trample

Used 19 times. Also: 2 Kings 7:17, 2 Kings 7:20, 2 Kings 9:33, 2 Kings 14:9, 2 Chronicles 25:18, Psalms 7:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7429; TAHOT Nahum 3:14 word 8

בַחֹ֖מֶרva.Cho.meron the mortar

Lemma: חֹ֫מֶר (cho.mer) · Strong's: H2563A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: clay

Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Exodus 1:14, Job 4:19, Job 10:9, Job 13:12, Job 27:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2563A; TAHOT Nahum 3:14 word 9

הַחֲזִ֥יקִיha.cha.Zi.kitake hold of

Lemma: חָזַק (cha.zaq) · Strong's: H2388H

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVhv2fs)

Meaning: to strengthen: hold

Used 71 times. Also: Genesis 19:16, Genesis 21:18, Exodus 4:4, Exodus 9:2, Deuteronomy 22:25, Deuteronomy 25:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2388H; TAHOT Nahum 3:14 word 10

מַלְבֵּֽן\׃mal.Bena brick mold

Lemma: מַלְבֵּן (mal.ben) · Strong's: H4404

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: brick

Used 2 times. Also: Jeremiah 43:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4404; TAHOT Nahum 3:14 word 11

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Draw	→	שָׁאַב H7579 to draw
your	→
water	→	מַי H4325G water
for the siege	→	מָצוֹר H4692 siege
strengthen	→	חָזַק H2388G to strengthen: strengthen
your fortresses	→	מִבְצָר H4013 fortification
Work	→	בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come
the clay	→	טִיט H2916 mud
and tread	→	רָמַס H7429 to trample
the mortar	→	חֹ֫מֶר H2563A clay
repair	→	חָזַק H2388G to strengthen: strengthen
the brick [kiln]	→	מַלְבֵּן H4404 brick

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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