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Nahum 2:8 Interlinear

“But Nineveh like a pool of water is of old yet they shall flee away Stand Stand shall they cry but none shall look back”

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Nahum 2 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְנִינְוֵ֥ה	H5210	But Nineveh	nineveh, the capital of assyria
2	כִבְרֵֽכַת	H1295	like a pool	a reservoir (at which camels kneel as a resting-place)
3	מַ֖יִם	H4325	of water	water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
4	מִ֣ימֵי	H3117	is of old	a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
5	הִ֑יא	H1931		he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
6	וְהֵ֣מָּה	H1992		they (only used when emphatic)
7	נָסִ֔ים	H5127	yet they shall flee away	to flit, i.e., vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
8	עֲמֹ֖דוּ	H5975	Stand	to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
9	עֲמֹ֖דוּ	H5975	Stand	to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
10	וְאֵ֥ין	H369		a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle
11	מַפְנֶֽה׃	H6437	shall they cry but none shall look back	to turn; by implication, to face, i.e., appear, look, etc

Nahum 2:8 (current)But Nineveh like a pool of water is of old yet they shall flee away Stand Stand shall they cry but none shall look back