Hebrew Interlinear

Habakkuk 1:6 Interlinear

For lo I raise up the Chaldeans nation that bitter and hasty which shall march through the breadth of the land to possess the dwellingplaces

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1כִּֽיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2הִנְנִ֤יH2005lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if
3מֵקִים֙H6965For lo I raise upto rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
4אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
5הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔יםH3778the Chaldeansa kasdite, or descendant of kesed; by implication, a chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people
6הַגּ֖וֹיH1471nationa foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
7הַמַּ֣רH4751that bitterbitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
8וְהַנִּמְהָ֑רH4116and hastyproperly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e., (by implication)
9הַֽהוֹלֵךְ֙H1980which shall marchto walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
10לְמֶרְחֲבֵיH4800through the breadthenlargement, either literally (an open space, usually in a good sense), or figuratively (liberty)
11אֶ֔רֶץH776of the landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
12לָרֶ֖שֶׁתH3423to possessto occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish
13מִשְׁכָּנ֥וֹתH4908the dwellingplacesa residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the temple); specifically, the tabernacle (properly, its w
14לֹּאH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
15לֽוֹ׃H0

Verse Context

Habakkuk 1:5Behold ye among the heathen and regard and wonder and wonder ...
Habakkuk 1:6 (current) For lo I raise up the Chaldeans nation that bitter and hasty which shall march through the breadth of the land to possess the dwellingplaces
Habakkuk 1:7They are terrible and dreadful their judgment and their dignity...

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