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Habakkuk 2:12 Interlinear

“Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood and stablisheth a city by iniquity”

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Habakkuk 2 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	ה֛וֹי	H1945	Woe	oh!
2	בֹּנֶ֥ה	H1129	to him that buildeth	to build (literally and figuratively)
3	עִ֖יר	H5892	a town	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
4	בְּדָמִ֑ים	H1818	with blood	blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
5	וְכוֹנֵ֥ן	H3559	and stablisheth	properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
6	קִרְיָ֖ה	H7151	a city	a city
7	בְּעַוְלָֽה׃	H5766	by iniquity	(moral) evil

Habakkuk 2:12 (current)Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood and stablisheth a city by iniquity