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Habakkuk 1:17 Interlinear

“ Shall they therefore empty their net continually to slay the nations and not spare”

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Habakkuk 1 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	הַ֥עַל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
2	כֵּ֖ן	H3651		properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
3	יָרִ֣יק	H7324	Shall they therefore empty	to pour out (literally or figuratively), i.e., empty
4	חֶרְמ֑וֹ	H2764	their net	physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination
5	וְתָמִ֛יד	H8548	continually	properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); elliptically the re
6	לַהֲרֹ֥ג	H2026	to slay	to smite with deadly intent
7	גּוֹיִ֖ם	H1471	the nations	a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
8	לֹ֥א	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
9	יַחְמֽוֹל׃	H2550	and not spare	to commiserate; by implication, to spare

Habakkuk 1:17 (current) Shall they therefore empty their net continually to slay the nations and not spare