Revised Literal Translation

Nahum 3:14-17

14Drawשַֽׁאֲבִי־sha.'a.vi-H7579thee watersמֵ֤יmeiH4325for the siegeמָצוֹר֙ma.tzOrH4692,fortifyחַזְּקִ֖יcha.ze.KiH2388thy strong holdsמִבְצָרָ֑יִךְmiv.tza.Ra.yikhH4013:goבֹּ֧אִיBo.'iH935into clayבַטִּ֛יטva.TitH2916,and treadוְרִמְסִ֥יve.rim.SiH7429the morterבַחֹ֖מֶרva.Cho.merH2563,make strongהַחֲזִ֥יקִיha.cha.Zi.kiH2388the brickkilnמַלְבֵּֽן׃mal.BenH4404.

15There shall the fireאֵ֔שׁ'EshH784devourתֹּאכְלֵ֣ךְto.khe.LekhH398thee; the swordחֶ֔רֶבChe.revH2719shall cut thee offתַּכְרִיתֵ֣ךְtakh.ri.TekhH3772,it shall eat thee upתֹּאכְלֵ֖ךְto.khe.LekhH398like the cankerwormכַּיָּ֑לֶקkai.Ya.lekH3218:make thyself manyהִתְכַּבֵּ֣דhit.ka.BedH3513as the cankerwormכַּיֶּ֔לֶקkai.Ye.lekH3218,make thyself manyהִֽתְכַּבְּדִ֖יhit.ka.be.DiH3513as the locustsכָּאַרְבֶּֽה׃ka.'ar.BehH697.

16Thou hast multipliedהִרְבֵּית֙hir.BeitH7235thy merchantsרֹֽכְלַ֔יִךְro.khe.La.yikhH7402above the starsמִכּוֹכְבֵ֖יmi.kokh.VeiH3556of heavenהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064:the cankerwormיֶ֥לֶקYe.lekH3218spoilethפָּשַׁ֖טpa.ShatH6584,and flieth awayוַיָּעֹֽף׃vai.ya.'OfH5774.

17Thy crownedמִנְּזָרַ֙יִךְ֙mi.ne.za.Ra.yikhH4502areas the locustsכָּֽאַרְבֶּ֔הka.'ar.BehH697,and thy captainsוְטַפְסְרַ֖יִךְve.taf.se.Ra.yikhH2951as the great grasshoppersH1462,which campהַֽחוֹנִ֤יםha.cho.NimH2583in the hedgesבַּגְּדֵרוֹת֙ba.ge.de.rOtH1448in the coldקָרָ֔הka.RahH7135dayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117, butwhen the sunשֶׁ֤מֶשׁShe.meshH8121arisethזָֽרְחָה֙za.re.ChahH2224they flee awayוְנוֹדַ֔דve.no.DadH5074,and their placeמְקוֹמ֖וֹme.ko.MoH4725is not knownנוֹדַ֥עno.Da'H3045whereאַיָּֽם׃'ai.YamH335they are.

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