Habakkuk 2:2
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
עָנָה
ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, ...
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
כָּתַב
kâthab
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
חָזוֹן
châzôwn
a sight (mentally), i.e. a dream, revelation, or oracle
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
עֲרָבָה
ʻărâbâh
a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea
לוּחַ
lûwach
probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal
רוּץ
rûwts
to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →לוּחַ lûwach
probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal
Study H3871 →עֲרָבָה ʻărâbâh
a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea
Study H6160 →כָּתַב kâthab
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
Study H3789 →עָנָה ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
Study H6030 →Cross References
Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do foll...
Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
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