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Nahum 2:1-7

1He that dasheth inpiecesמֵפִ֛יץme.FitzH6327is comeupעָלָ֥ה'a.LahH5927before thyfaceפָּנַ֖יִךְpa.Na.yikhH6440:keepנָצ֣וֹרna.TzorH5341thefortressמְצֻרָ֑הme.tzu.RahH4694,watchצַפֵּה־tza.peh-H6822thewayדֶ֙רֶךְ֙de.rekhH1870, make thyloinsמָתְנַ֔יִםma.te.Na.yimH4975strongחַזֵּ֣קcha.ZekH2388,fortifyאַמֵּ֥ץ'a.MetzH553thypowerכֹּ֖חַKo.achH3581mightilyמְאֹֽד׃me.'OdH3966.

2For theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hath turnedawayשָׁ֤בshavH7725theexcellencyגְּא֣וֹןge.'onH1347ofJacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290, as theexcellencyכִּגְא֖וֹןkig.'onH1347ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478: for theemptiersבְקָקוּם֙ve.ka.KumH1238have emptied themoutבֹּֽקְקִ֔יםbo.ke.KimH1238, andmarredשִׁחֵֽתוּ׃shi.Che.tuH7843their vinebranchesוּזְמֹרֵיהֶ֖םu.ze.mo.rei.HemH2156.

3Theshieldמָגֵ֨ןma.GenH4043of his mightymenגִּבֹּרֵ֜יהוּgi.bo.Rei.huH1368is maderedמְאָדָּ֗םme.'a.DamH119, thevaliantחַ֙יִל֙cha.yilH2428menאַנְשֵׁי־'an.shei-H582are inscarletמְתֻלָּעִ֔יםme.tu.la.'ImH8529: thechariotsהָרֶ֖כֶבha.Re.khevH7393shall be withflamingבְּאֵשׁ־be.'esh-H784torchesפְּלָד֥וֹתpe.la.DotH6393in thedayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117of hispreparationהֲכִינ֑וֹha.khi.NoH3559, and the firtreesוְהַבְּרֹשִׁ֖יםve.ha.be.ro.ShimH1265shall be terriblyshakenהָרְעָֽלוּ׃ha.re.'A.luH7477.

4ThechariotsH7393shallrageיִתְהוֹלְל֣וּyit.ho.LuH1984in thestreetsבַּֽחוּצוֹת֙ba.chu.tzOtH2351, they shall jostle one againstanotherיִֽשְׁתַּקְשְׁק֖וּןyish.tak.she.KunH8264in the broadwaysבָּרְחֹב֑וֹתba.re.cho.VotH7339: they shallseemמַרְאֵיהֶן֙mar.'ei.HenH4758liketorchesכַּלַּפִּידִ֔םka.la.pi.DimH3940, they shallrunיְרוֹצֵֽצוּ׃ye.ro.Tze.tzuH7323like thelightningsכַּבְּרָקִ֖יםka.be.ra.KimH1300.

5He shallrecountיִזְכֹּר֙yiz.KorH2142hisnoblesאַדִּירָ֔יו'a.di.RavH117: they shallstumbleיִכָּשְׁל֖וּyi.ka.she.LuH3782in theirwalkבַּהֲלִֽיכָתָ֑םva.ha.li.kho.tamH1979; they shall makehasteיְמַֽהֲרוּ֙ye.ma.ha.RuH4116to herwallחֽוֹמָתָ֔הּcho.ma.TahH2346, and thedefenceהַסֹּכֵֽךְ׃ha.so.KhekhH5526shall bepreparedוְהֻכַ֖ןve.hu.KhanH3559.

6Thegatesשַׁעֲרֵ֥יsha.'a.ReiH8179of theriversהַנְּהָר֖וֹתha.ne.ha.RotH5104shall beopenedנִפְתָּ֑חוּnif.Ta.chuH6605, and thepalaceוְהַֽהֵיכָ֖לve.ha.hei.KhalH1964shall bedissolvedנָמֽוֹג׃na.MogH4127.

7AndHuzzabוְהֻצַּ֖בve.hu.TzavH5324shall be led awaycaptiveגֻּלְּתָ֣הgu.le.TahH1540, she shall be broughtupהֹֽעֲלָ֑תָהho.'a.La.tahH5927, and hermaidsוְאַמְהֹתֶ֗יהָve.'am.ho.Tei.haH519shallleadמְנַֽהֲגוֹת֙me.na.ha.goyTH5090her as with thevoiceכְּק֣וֹלke.KolH6963ofdovesיוֹנִ֔יםyo.NimH3123,beatingמְתֹפְפֹ֖תme.to.fe.FotH8608upon theirbreastsלִבְבֵהֶֽן׃li.ve.HenH3824.

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