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Nahum 3:16 Interlinear

“Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven the cankerworm spoileth and flieth away”

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Nahum 3 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	הִרְבֵּית֙	H7235	Thou hast multiplied	to increase (in whatever respect)
2	רֹֽכְלַ֔יִךְ	H7402	thy merchants	to travel for trading
3	מִכּוֹכְבֵ֖י	H3556	above the stars	a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince
4	הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם	H8064	of heaven	the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
5	יֶ֥לֶק	H3218	the cankerworm	a devourer; specifically, the young locust
6	פָּשַׁ֖ט	H6584	spoileth	to spread out (i.e., deploy in hostile array); by analogy, to strip (i.e., unclothe, plunder, flay, etc.)
7	וַיָּעֹֽף׃	H5774	and flieth away	to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)

Nahum 3:16 (current)Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven the cankerworm spoileth and flieth away