Hebrew Interlinear

Nahum 3:8 Interlinear

Art thou better No than populous that was situate among the rivers that had the waters round about it whose rampart was from the sea was from the sea and her wall

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1הֲתֵֽיטְבִי֙H3190Art thou betterto be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
2מִנֹּ֣אH4996Nono (i.e., thebes), the capital of upper egypt
3אָמ֔וֹןH527than populousa throng of people
4הַיֹּֽשְׁבָה֙H3427that was situateproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
5בַּיְאֹרִ֔יםH2975among the riversa channel, e.g., a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the nile, as the one river of egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the tigris, as the m
6מַ֖יִםH4325that had the waterswater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
7סָבִ֣יבH5439round about(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
8לָ֑הּH0
9אֲשֶׁרH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
10חֵ֣ילH2426it whose rampartan army; also (by analogy,) an intrenchment
11מִיָּ֖םH3220was from the seaa sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif
12מִיָּ֖םH3220was from the seaa sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif
13חוֹמָתָֽהּ׃H2346and her walla wall of protection

Verse Context

Nahum 3:7 And it shall come to pass that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee and say...
Nahum 3:8 (current)Art thou better No than populous that was situate among the rivers that had the waters round about it whose rampart was from the sea was from the sea and her wall
Nahum 3:9Ethiopia were her strength and Egypt and it was infinite Put...

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