Nahum 3:17
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
4502 [e]מִנְּזָרַ֙יִךְ֙
min-nə-zā-ra-yiḵ
Your commanders [are]N-mpc | 2fs
697 [e]כָּֽאַרְבֶּ֔ה
kā-’ar-beh,
like [swarming] locustsPrep-k, Art | N-ms
2951 [e]וְטַפְסְרַ֖יִךְ
wə-ṭap̄-sə-ra-yiḵ
and your generalsConj-w | N-mpc | 2fs
1462 [e]כְּג֣וֹב
kə-ḡō-wḇ
like grasshoppersPrep-k | N-msc
1462 [e]גֹּבָ֑י
gō-ḇāy;
greatN-mp
2583 [e]הַֽחוֹנִ֤ים
ha-ḥō-w-nîm
which campArt | V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp
1448 [e]בַּגְּדֵרוֹת֙
bag-gə-ḏê-rō-wṯ
in the hedgesPrep-b, Art | N-fp
3117 [e]בְּי֣וֹם
bə-yō-wm
on a dayPrep-b | N-msc
7135 [e]קָרָ֔ה
qā-rāh,
coldN-fs
8121 [e]שֶׁ֤מֶשׁ
še-meš
the sunN-cs
2224 [e]זָֽרְחָה֙
zā-rə-ḥāh
when risesV-Qal-Perf-3fs
5074 [e]וְנוֹדַ֔ד
wə-nō-w-ḏaḏ,
and they flee awayConj-w | V-Pual-ConjPerf-3ms
3808 [e]וְלֹֽא־
wə-lō-
and notConj-w | Adv-NegPrt
3045 [e]נוֹדַ֥ע
nō-w-ḏa‘
is knownV-Nifal-Perf-3ms
4725 [e]מְקוֹמ֖וֹ
mə-qō-w-mōw
the placeN-msc | 3ms
335 [e]אַיָּֽם׃
’ay-yām.
where they [are]Interrog | 3mp





















Hebrew Texts
נחום 3:17 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
מִנְּזָרַ֙יִךְ֙ כָּֽאַרְבֶּ֔ה וְטַפְסְרַ֖יִךְ כְּגֹ֣וב גֹּבָ֑י הַֽחֹונִ֤ים בַּגְּדֵרֹות֙ בְּיֹ֣ום קָרָ֔ה שֶׁ֤מֶשׁ זָֽרְחָה֙ וְנֹודַ֔ד וְלֹֽא־נֹודַ֥ע מְקֹומֹ֖ו אַיָּֽם׃

נחום 3:17 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
מנזריך כארבה וטפסריך כגוב גבי החונים בגדרות ביום קרה שמש זרחה ונודד ולא־נודע מקומו אים׃

נחום 3:17 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
מנזריך כארבה וטפסריך כגוב גבי החונים בגדרות ביום קרה שמש זרחה ונודד ולא־נודע מקומו אים׃

נחום 3:17 Hebrew Bible
מנזריך כארבה וטפסריך כגוב גבי החונים בגדרות ביום קרה שמש זרחה ונודד ולא נודע מקומו אים׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Your guardsmen are like the swarming locust. Your marshals are like hordes of grasshoppers Settling in the stone walls on a cold day. The sun rises and they flee, And the place where they are is not known.

King James Bible
Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Your court officials are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts, which settle on the walls on a cold day; when the sun rises, they take off, and no one knows where they are.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Revelation 9:7 And the shapes of the locusts were like to horses prepared to battle; …

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