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The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses: (KJV)
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פָּרָ֣שׁpa.Rasha horseman
Lemma: פָּרָשׁ (pa.rash) · Strong's: H6571B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: horseman
Used 52 times. Also: Genesis 50:9, Exodus 14:9, Exodus 14:17, Exodus 14:18, Exodus 14:23, Exodus 14:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6571B; TAHOT Nahum 3:3 word 1
מַעֲלֶ֗הma.'a.Lehbringing up
Lemma: עָלָה (a.lah) · Strong's: H5927G
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrmsa)
Meaning: to ascend: rise
Used 615 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 19:28, Genesis 19:30, Genesis 24:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5927G; TAHOT Nahum 3:3 word 2
וְלַ֤הַבve.La.havand [the] blade of
Lemma: לַ֫הַב (la.hav) · Strong's: H3851
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: flame
Used 12 times. Also: Judges 3:22, Judges 13:20, Job 39:23, Job 41:21, Isaiah 13:8, Isaiah 29:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3851; TAHOT Nahum 3:3 word 3
חֶ֙רֶב֙che.reva sword
Lemma: חֶ֫רֶב (che.rev) · Strong's: H2719
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: sword
Used 412 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 27:40, Genesis 31:26, Genesis 34:25, Genesis 34:26, Genesis 48:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2719; TAHOT Nahum 3:3 word 4
וּבְרַ֣קu.ve.Rakand [the] flash of
Lemma: בָּרָק (ba.raq) · Strong's: H1300B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: lightning
Used 21 times. Also: Exodus 19:16, Deuteronomy 32:41, 2 Samuel 22:15, Job 20:25, Job 38:35, Psalms 18:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1300B; TAHOT Nahum 3:3 word 5
חֲנִ֔יתcha.Nita spear
Lemma: חֲנִית (cha.nit) · Strong's: H2595
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: spear
Used 46 times. Also: 1 Samuel 13:19, 1 Samuel 13:22, 1 Samuel 17:7, 1 Samuel 17:45, 1 Samuel 17:47, 1 Samuel 18:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2595; TAHOT Nahum 3:3 word 6
וְרֹ֥בve.Roand [the] multitude of
Lemma: רֹב (rov) · Strong's: H7230
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: abundance
Used 146 times. Also: Genesis 16:10, Genesis 27:28, Genesis 30:30, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 48:16, Exodus 15:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7230; TAHOT Nahum 3:3 word 7
חָלָ֖לcha.Lal[the] slain
Lemma: חָלָל (cha.lal) · Strong's: H2491A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: slain: killed
Used 83 times. Also: Genesis 34:27, Numbers 19:16, Numbers 19:18, Numbers 23:24, Numbers 31:8, Numbers 31:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2491A; TAHOT Nahum 3:3 word 8
וְכֹ֣בֶדve.Khoedand [the] weight of
Lemma: כֹּ֫בֶד (ko.ved) · Strong's: H3514
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: heaviness
Used 4 times. Also: Proverbs 27:3, Isaiah 21:15, Isaiah 30:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3514; TAHOT Nahum 3:3 word 9
פָּ֑גֶרPa.gercorpse[s]
Lemma: פֶּ֫גֶר (pe.ger) · Strong's: H6297
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: corpse
Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 15:11, Leviticus 26:30, Numbers 14:29, Numbers 14:32, Numbers 14:33, 1 Samuel 17:46 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6297; TAHOT Nahum 3:3 word 10
וְאֵ֥יןve.'Einand there not
Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: nothing
Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Nahum 3:3 word 11
קֵ֙צֶה֙ke.tzeh[is] an end
Lemma: קֵ֫צֶה (qe.tseh) · Strong's: H7097B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: end
Used 5 times. Also: Isaiah 2:7, Nahum 2:9, Nahum 3:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7097B; TAHOT Nahum 3:3 word 12
לַגְּוִיָּ֔הla.ge.vi.Yahto the bodi[es]
Lemma: גְּוִיָּה (ge.viy.yah) · Strong's: H1472
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: body
Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 47:18, Judges 14:8, Judges 14:9, 1 Samuel 31:10, 1 Samuel 31:12, Nehemiah 9:37 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1472; TAHOT Nahum 3:3 word 13
בִּגְוִיָּתָֽם\׃big.vi.ya.Tamover bodi[es] their
Lemma: גְּוִיָּה (ge.viy.yah) · Strong's: H1472
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: body
Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 47:18, Judges 14:8, Judges 14:9, 1 Samuel 31:10, 1 Samuel 31:12, Nehemiah 9:37 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1472; TAHOT Nahum 3:3 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Charging | → | עָלָה H5927G to ascend: rise |
| horseman | → | פָּרָשׁ H6571B horseman |
| flashing | → | לַ֫הַב H3851 flame |
| sword | → | חֶ֫רֶב H2719 sword |
| shining | → | בָּרָק H1300B lightning |
| spear | → | חֲנִית H2595 spear |
| heaps | → | רֹב H7230 abundance |
| of slain | → | חָלָל H2491A slain: killed |
| mounds | → | כֹּ֫בֶד H3514 heaviness |
| of corpses | → | פֶּ֫גֶר H6297 corpse |
| dead bodies | → | גְּוִיָּה H1472 body |
| without | → | אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing |
| end | → | קֵ֫צֶה H7097B end |
| they stumble | → | כָּשַׁל H3782 to stumble |
| over their dead | → | גְּוִיָּה H1472 body |
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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