Nahum 3:16
Thou madest thy merchants more than be stars of heaven; a bruchus is spread abroad, and fly away.This verse in the real world
In what words
- יֶלֶקyeleqa devourer; specifically, the young locust
- רָכַלrâkalto travel for trading
- כּוֹכָבkôwkâba star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince
- פָּשַׁטpâshaṭto spread out (i.e. deploy in hostile array); by analogy, to strip (i.e. unclothe, plunder
- רָבָהrâbâhto increase (in whatever respect)
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.