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Nahum 3:14-17

14Drawשַֽׁאֲבִי־sha.'a.vi-H7579yourwaterמֵ֤יmeiH4325for the siegeמָצוֹר֙ma.tzOrH4692;strengthenחַזְּקִ֖יcha.ze.KiH2388your fortressesמִבְצָרָ֑יִךְmiv.tza.Ra.yikhH4013.Workבֹּ֧אִיBo.'iH935the clayבַטִּ֛יטva.TitH2916and treadוְרִמְסִ֥יve.rim.SiH7429the mortarבַחֹ֖מֶרva.Cho.merH2563;repairהַחֲזִ֥יקִיha.cha.Zi.kiH2388the brickמַלְבֵּֽן׃mal.BenH4404kiln!

15Thereשָׁ֚םShamH8033the fireאֵ֔שׁ'EshH784will devour youתֹּאכְלֵ֣ךְto.khe.LekhH398;the swordחֶ֔רֶבChe.revH2719will cut you downתַּכְרִיתֵ֣ךְtakh.ri.TekhH3772and consume youתֹּאכְלֵ֖ךְto.khe.LekhH398like a young locustכַּיָּ֑לֶקkai.Ya.lekH3218.Make yourself manyהִתְכַּבֵּ֣דhit.ka.BedH3513like the young locustכַּיֶּ֔לֶקkai.Ye.lekH3218;make yourself manyהִֽתְכַּבְּדִ֖יhit.ka.be.DiH3513like the swarming locustכָּאַרְבֶּֽה׃ka.'ar.BehH697!

16You have multipliedהִרְבֵּית֙hir.BeitH7235your merchantsרֹֽכְלַ֔יִךְro.khe.La.yikhH7402more than the starsמִכּוֹכְבֵ֖יmi.kokh.VeiH3556of the skyהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064.The young locustיֶ֥לֶקYe.lekH3218strips the landפָּשַׁ֖טpa.ShatH6584and flies awayוַיָּעֹֽף׃vai.ya.'OfH5774.

17Your guardsמִנְּזָרַ֙יִךְ֙mi.ne.za.Ra.yikhH4502are like the swarming locustכָּֽאַרְבֶּ֔הka.'ar.BehH697,and your scribesוְטַפְסְרַ֖יִךְve.taf.se.Ra.yikhH2951like clouds of locustsH1462that settleהַֽחוֹנִ֤יםha.cho.NimH2583on the wallsבַּגְּדֵרוֹת֙ba.ge.de.rOtH1448on a coldקָרָ֔הka.RahH7135dayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117.When the sunשֶׁ֤מֶשׁShe.meshH8121risesזָֽרְחָה֙za.re.ChahH2224,they fly awayוְנוֹדַ֔דve.no.DadH5074,and noוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808one knowsנוֹדַ֥ע מְקוֹמ֖וֹno.Da' me.ko.MoH3045 H4725whereאַיָּֽם׃'ai.YamH335.

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