Nahum 3:16 Go deeper

Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away. (KJV)

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הִרְבֵּית֙hir.Beityou have increased

Lemma: רָבָה (ra.vah) · Strong's: H7235A

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVhp2fs)

Meaning: to multiply

Used 221 times. Also: Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 3:16, Genesis 7:17, Genesis 7:18, Genesis 8:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7235A; TAHOT Nahum 3:16 word 1

רֹֽכְלַ֔יִךְro.khe.La.yikhtraders your

Lemma: רָכַל (ra.khal) · Strong's: H7402

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)

Meaning: to trade

Used 17 times. Also: 1 Kings 10:15, Nehemiah 3:31, Nehemiah 3:32, Nehemiah 13:20, Song of Solomon 3:6, Ezekiel 17:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7402; TAHOT Nahum 3:16 word 2

מִכּוֹכְבֵ֖יmi.kokh.Veimore than [the] stars of

Lemma: כּוֹכָב (ko.khav) · Strong's: H3556

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

Meaning: star

Used 37 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 26:4, Genesis 37:9, Exodus 32:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3556; TAHOT Nahum 3:16 word 3

הַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavens

Lemma: שָׁמַיִם (sha.ma.yim) · Strong's: H8064

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: heaven

Used 421 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8064; TAHOT Nahum 3:16 word 4

יֶ֥לֶקYe.leka locust

Lemma: יֶ֫לֶק (ye.leq) · Strong's: H3218

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

Meaning: locust

Used 9 times. Also: Psalms 105:34, Jeremiah 51:14, Jeremiah 51:27, Joel 1:4, Joel 2:25, Nahum 3:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3218; TAHOT Nahum 3:16 word 5

פָּשַׁ֖טpa.Shatit strips off

Lemma: פָּשַׁט (pa.shat) · Strong's: H6584

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to strip

Used 43 times. Also: Genesis 37:23, Leviticus 1:6, Leviticus 6:11, Leviticus 16:23, Numbers 20:26, Numbers 20:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6584; TAHOT Nahum 3:16 word 6

וַיָּעֹֽף\׃vai.ya.'Ofand it flew away

Lemma: עוּף (uph) · Strong's: H5774A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to fly

Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 1:20, Deuteronomy 4:17, 2 Samuel 22:11, Job 5:7, Job 20:8, Psalms 18:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5774A; TAHOT Nahum 3:16 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

You have multiplied	→	רָבָה H7235A to multiply
your merchants	→	רָכַל H7402 to trade
more than the stars	→	כּוֹכָב H3556 star
of the sky	→	שָׁמַיִם H8064 heaven
The young locust	→	יֶ֫לֶק H3218 locust
strips the land	→	פָּשַׁט H6584 to strip
and flies away	→	עוּף H5774A to fly

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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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