Hebrew Interlinear

Habakkuk 3:14 Interlinear

Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1נָקַ֤בְתָּH5344Thou didst strike throughto puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel)
2בְמַטָּיו֙H4294with his stavesa branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance),
3רֹ֣אשׁH7218the headthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
4פְּרָזָ֔וH6518of his villagesa chieftain
5יִסְעֲר֖וּH5590they came out as a whirlwindto rush upon; by implication, to toss (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
6לַהֲפִיצֵ֑נִיH6327to scatterto dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
7עֲלִ֣יצֻתָ֔םH5951me their rejoicingexultation
8כְּמוֹH3644as, thus, so
9לֶאֱכֹ֥לH398was as to devourto eat (literally or figuratively)
10עָנִ֖יH6041the poordepressed, in mind or circumstances
11בַּמִּסְתָּֽר׃H4565secretlyproperly, a concealer, i.e., a covert

Verse Context

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Habakkuk 3:14 (current)Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly
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