Nahum 3:17 Go deeper

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Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are . (KJV)

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מִנְּזָרַ֙יִךְ֙mi.ne.za.Ra.yikhcourtiers your

Lemma: מִנְזָר (min.n.zar) · Strong's: H4502

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

Meaning: prince

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4502; TAHOT Nahum 3:17 word 1

כָּֽאַרְבֶּ֔הka.'ar.Beh[are] like the locust

Lemma: אַרְבֶּה (ar.beh) · Strong's: H0697

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

Meaning: locust

Used 24 times. Also: Exodus 10:4, Exodus 10:12, Exodus 10:13, Exodus 10:14, Exodus 10:19, Leviticus 11:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0697; TAHOT Nahum 3:17 word 2

וְטַפְסְרַ֖יִךְve.taf.se.Ra.yikhand officials your

Lemma: טִפְסָר (tiph.sar) · Strong's: H2951

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

Meaning: official

Used 2 times. Also: Jeremiah 51:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2951; TAHOT Nahum 3:17 word 3

כְּג֣וֹבke.Gov[are] like a locust of

Lemma: גּוֹב (gov) · Strong's: H1462A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: locust

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1462A; TAHOT Nahum 3:17 word 4

גֹּבָ֑יgoyAilocusts

Lemma: גֹּבַי (gi.vay) · Strong's: H1462B

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

Meaning: locust

Used 2 times. Also: Amos 7:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1462B; TAHOT Nahum 3:17 word 5

הַֽחוֹנִ֤יםha.cho.Nimwhich encamp

Lemma: חָנָה (cha.nah) · Strong's: H2583

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)

Meaning: to camp

Used 143 times. Also: Genesis 26:17, Genesis 33:18, Exodus 13:20, Exodus 14:2, Exodus 14:9, Exodus 15:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2583; TAHOT Nahum 3:17 word 6

בַּגְּדֵרוֹת֙ba.ge.de.rOtin the walls

Lemma: גְּדֵרָה (ge.de.rah) · Strong's: H1448

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)

Meaning: wall

Used 9 times. Also: Numbers 32:16, Numbers 32:24, Numbers 32:36, 1 Samuel 24:3, Psalms 89:40, Jeremiah 49:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1448; TAHOT Nahum 3:17 word 7

בְּי֣וֹםbe.Yomon a day of

Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: day

Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Nahum 3:17 word 8

קָרָ֔הka.Rahcoldness

Lemma: קָרָה (qa.rah) · Strong's: H7135

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: cold

Used 5 times. Also: Job 24:7, Job 37:9, Psalms 147:17, Proverbs 25:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7135; TAHOT Nahum 3:17 word 9

שֶׁ֤מֶשׁShe.mesh[the] sun

Lemma: שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ (she.mesh) · Strong's: H8121

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: sun

Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 15:12, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 19:23, Genesis 28:11, Genesis 32:31, Genesis 37:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8121; TAHOT Nahum 3:17 word 10

זָֽרְחָה֙za.re.Chahit rises

Lemma: זָרַח (za.rach) · Strong's: H2224

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)

Meaning: to rise

Used 18 times. Also: Genesis 32:31, Exodus 22:3, Deuteronomy 33:2, Judges 9:33, 2 Samuel 23:4, 2 Kings 3:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2224; TAHOT Nahum 3:17 word 11

וְנוֹדַ֔דve.no.Dadand it flees

Lemma: נָדַד (na.dad) · Strong's: H5074

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpp3ms)

Meaning: to wander

Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 31:40, 2 Samuel 23:6, Esther 6:1, Job 15:23, Job 18:18, Job 20:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5074; TAHOT Nahum 3:17 word 12

וְלֹֽא\־ve.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 Nahum 3:17 word 13

נוֹדַ֥עno.Da'it is known

Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNp3ms)

Meaning: to know

Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Nahum 3:17 word 14

מְקוֹמ֖וֹme.ko.Moplace its

Lemma: מָקוֹם (ma.qom) · Strong's: H4725

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: place

Used 401 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 13:3, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 18:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4725; TAHOT Nahum 3:17 word 15

אַיָּֽם\׃'ai.Yamwhere [are]? they

Lemma: אַי (ay) · Strong's: H0335

Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)

Meaning: where?

Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 3:9, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 16:8, Exodus 2:20, Deuteronomy 32:37, Judges 13:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0335; TAHOT Nahum 3:17 word 16

How the BSB renders it

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

Your guards	→	מִנְזָר H4502 prince
are like the swarming locust	→	אַרְבֶּה H0697 locust
and your scribes	→	טִפְסָר H2951 official
like clouds of locusts	→	גּוֹב H1462A locust
. . .	→	גּוֹב H1462A locust
that settle	→	חָנָה H2583 to camp
on the walls	→	גְּדֵרָה H1448 wall
on a cold	→	קָרָה H7135 cold
day	→	יוֹם H3117G day
When the sun	→	שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ H8121 sun
rises	→	זָרַח H2224 to rise
they fly away	→	נָדַד H5074 to wander
and no	→	לֹא H3808 not
one knows	→	יָדַע H3045 to know
. . .	→	מָקוֹם H4725 place
where	→	אַי H0335 where?

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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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