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On the Hebrew text. The Hebrew follows the Masoretic Text in the Leningrad tradition, as represented by standard diplomatic editions in their main wording; distinctively copyrighted critical apparatus is not reproduced. Versification follows the MT.

The Book of Nahum (MT) — Interlinear Summary

A consolidated companion to the Masoretic-Text Nahum data set: each chapter rendered as a six-tier Hebrew reverse-interlinear (Hebrew · gloss · parsing · syntax · semantic force · lexical note), with per-verse discourse analysis and a chapter argument-outline.

This document gathers, for each annotated chapter, the theme, the argument outline, and the textual / exegetical note (the text_note of each file, with the shared critical-text preface removed since it is stated once above). The downfall of Nineveh and the end of the oppressor. The Hebrew follows the Masoretic Text in the Leningrad tradition (Westminster Leningrad Codex / OSHB); distinctively copyrighted apparatus is not reproduced, and Hebrew (MT) versification is used throughout.

Scope. 3 chapters · 47 verses · 562 annotated words.

Nahum

Nahum 1 — נחום 1

Theme. Nahum 1 (14 verses in the MT) opens: The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. The middle of the chapter continues: But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. It closes: And YHWH has given a commandment concerning you, no more of your name be sown: out of the house of your gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make your grave; for you are vile.

Outline.

Textual note. Nahum 1 comprises 14 verses in MT order. Movement I (vv. 1-4) — The burden of Nineveh. The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. God jealous, and YHWH revengeth; YHWH revengeth, and furious; YHWH will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth for his enemies. YHWH slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit : YHWH has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds the dust of. Movement II (vv. 5-8) — The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned. The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. YHWH good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth. Movement III (vv. 9-12) — What do you imagine against YHWH? he will make an utter end: affliction. What do you imagine against YHWH? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. For while folden together thorns, and while they are drunken drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. There is come out of you, that imagineth evil against YHWH, a wicked counsellor. Thus says YHWH; Though quiet, and likewise many, yet. Movement IV (vv. 13-14) — For now will I break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds in. For now will I break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds in sunder. And YHWH has given a commandment concerning you, no more of your name be sown: out of the house of your gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make your grave; for you are vile. Where English printed Bibles divide verses differently, this annotation follows MT versification throughout.

Nahum 2 — נחום 2

Theme. Nahum 2 (14 verses in the MT) opens: Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep your solemn feasts, perform your vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through you; he is utterly cut off. The middle of the chapter continues: And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts. It closes: Behold, I against you, says YHWH of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions: and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall no.

Outline.

Textual note. Nahum 2 comprises 14 verses in MT order. Movement I (vv. 1-4) — Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, th. Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep your solemn feasts, perform your vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through you; he is utterly cut off. He that dasheth in pieces is come up before your face: keep the munition, watch the way, make loins strong, fortify power mightily. For YHWH. Movement II (vv. 5-8) — The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against an. The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings. He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared. The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the. Movement III (vv. 9-12) — But Nineveh of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. But Nineveh of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, ; but none shall look back. Take you the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for none end of the store glory out of all the pleasant furniture. She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain in all loins, and the faces. Movement IV (vv. 13-14) — The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his. The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin. Behold, I against you, says YHWH of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions: and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall no. Where English printed Bibles divide verses differently, this annotation follows MT versification throughout.

Nahum 3 — נחום 3

Theme. Nahum 3 (19 verses in the MT) opens: Woe to the bloody city! it all full of lies robbery; the prey departeth not; The middle of the chapter continues: Yet she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. It closes: no healing of your bruise; your wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of you shall clap the hands over you: for upon whom has not your wickedness passed continually?

Outline.

Textual note. Nahum 3 comprises 19 verses in MT order. Movement I (vv. 1-4) — Woe to the bloody city! it all full of lies robbery; the prey departeth. Woe to the bloody city! it all full of lies robbery; the prey departeth not; The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots. The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and none end of corpses; they. Movement II (vv. 5-8) — Behold, I against you, says YHWH of hosts; and I will discover your skir. Behold, I against you, says YHWH of hosts; and I will discover your skirts upon your face, and I will shew the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame. And I will cast abominable filth upon you, and make you vile, and will set you as a gazingstock. And it shall come to pass, all they that look upon you shall flee from you, and say, Nineveh is. Movement III (vv. 9-12) — Ethiopia and Egypt her strength, and infinite; Put and Lubim were your h. Ethiopia and Egypt her strength, and infinite; Put and Lubim were your helpers. Yet she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. You also shall be drunken: you shall be hid, you also shall seek. Movement IV (vv. 13-16) — Behold, your people in the midst of you women: the gates of your land sh. Behold, your people in the midst of you women: the gates of your land shall be set wide open to your enemies: the fire shall devour your bars. Draw you waters for the siege, fortify your strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln. There shall the fire devour you; the sword shall cut you off, it shall eat you up like the. Movement V (vv. 17-19) — Your crowned as the locusts, and your captains as the great grasshoppers. Your crowned as the locusts, and your captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they . Your shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: your nobles shall dwell : your people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth . no healing of your bruise;. Where English printed Bibles divide verses differently, this annotation follows MT versification throughout.