Nahum 1:4

Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data

"He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth."

Word-by-Word Analysis

He

יָכַח

yâkach

H3198

to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict

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יָם

yâm

H3220

a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...

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and

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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it

יַבָּשָׁה

yabbâshâh

H3004

dry ground

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יָבֵשׁ

yâbêsh

H3001

to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)

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up all the

נַחַל

nachal

H5158

a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)

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בָּשָׁן

Bâshân

H1316

Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the Jordan

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אָמַל

ʼâmal

H535

to droop; by implication to be sick, to mourn

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and

כַּרְמֶל

Karmel

H3760

Karmel, the name of a hill and of a town in Palestine

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and the

פֶּרַח

perach

H6525

a calyx (natural or artificial); generally, bloom

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of

לְבָנוֹן

Lᵉbânôwn

H3844

Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine

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אָמַל

ʼâmal

H535

to droop; by implication to be sick, to mourn

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Key Terms in This Verse

drieth H3001

יָבֵשׁ yâbêsh

to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)

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rebuketh H3198

יָכַח yâkach

to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict

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languisheth H535

אָמַל ʼâmal

to droop; by implication to be sick, to mourn

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languisheth H535

אָמַל ʼâmal

to droop; by implication to be sick, to mourn

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flower H6525

פֶּרַח perach

a calyx (natural or artificial); generally, bloom

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Carmel H3760

כַּרְמֶל Karmel

Karmel, the name of a hill and of a town in Palestine

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Bashan H1316

בָּשָׁן Bâshân

Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the Jordan

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dry H3004

יַבָּשָׁה yabbâshâh

dry ground

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Lebanon H3844

לְבָנוֹן Lᵉbânôwn

Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine

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rivers H5158

נַחַל nachal

a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)

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Cross References

Isaiah 33:9 cross-reference

The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.

Psalm 106:9 cross-reference

He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

Psalm 104:7 cross-reference

At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.

Isaiah 51:10 cross-reference

Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?

Psalm 74:15 cross-reference

Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

Isaiah 44:27 cross-reference

That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:

Psalm 114:5 cross-reference

What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

Psalm 114:3 cross-reference

The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.

Matthew 8:26 cross-reference

And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

Amos 1:2 cross-reference

And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.

Amos 5:8 cross-reference

Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon ...

Job 38:11 cross-reference

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

Ezekiel 30:12 cross-reference

And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.

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